Macaca mulatta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Macaca mulatta
    n 1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: {rhesus},
         {rhesus monkey}, {Macaca mulatta}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Macaca \Macaca\ prop. n.
   A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey ({Macaca
   mulatta}), much used in laboratory biomedical research.
   Formerly called {Macacus}.

   Syn: genus {Macaca}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Macaca mulatta \Macaca mulatta\ n.
   The rhesus monkey of South Asia; used in medical research.

   Syn: rhesus, rhesus monkey.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Macaque \Ma`caque"\, n. [F. See {Macacus}.] (Zool.)
   Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the
   genus {Macaca} (formerly {Macacus}), found in rocky regions
   of Asia and Africa; as, {Macaca maurus}, the moor macaque of
   the East Indies.

   Note: {Macaca mulatta} is the {Rhesus monkey}, much used in
         biomedical research, and namesake of the Rh factor used
         in blood typing (due to discovery of that factor in the
         Rhesus monkey).
         [1913 Webster +PJC]