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Descriptor English: Macaca mulatta
Descriptor Spanish: Macaca mulatta
Descriptor Macaca mulatta
Entry term(s) Macaca mulatta lasiota
macaco rhesus
macacos rhesus
mono rhesus
Scope note: Especie del género MACACA que vive en la India, China y otras partes de Asia. Esta especie se utiliza mucho en investigaciones biomédicas y se adapta muy bien a vivir con humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Macaca mulatta
Descriptor French: Macaca mulatta
Entry term(s): Chinese Rhesus Macaque
Chinese Rhesus Macaques
Macaca mulatta lasiota
Macaca mulatta lasiotas
Macaque, Rhesus
Monkey, Rhesus
Rhesus Macaque
Rhesus Macaque, Chinese
Rhesus Macaques
Rhesus Macaques, Chinese
Rhesus Monkey
Rhesus Monkeys
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.199.120.510.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008253
Scope note: A species of the genus MACACA inhabiting India, China, and other parts of Asia. The species is used extensively in biomedical research and adapts very well to living with humans.
Annotation: NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MACACA 1981-90; was RHESUS MONKEYS see under MACACA 1975-80
Online Note: use MACACA MULATTA to search RHESUS MONKEYS 1975-80
History Note: 91(81); was see under MACACA 1981-90; was RHESUS MONKEYS see under MACACA 1975-80
DeCS ID: 8425
Unique ID: D008253
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/17
Macaca mulatta - Preferred
Concept UI M0012859
Scope note A species of the genus MACACA inhabiting India, China, and other parts of Asia. The species is used extensively in biomedical research and adapts very well to living with humans.
Preferred term Macaca mulatta
Entry term(s) Macaque, Rhesus
Monkey, Rhesus
Rhesus Macaque
Rhesus Macaques
Rhesus Monkey
Rhesus Monkeys
Macaca mulatta lasiota - Narrower
Concept UI M000648223
Preferred term Macaca mulatta lasiota
Entry term(s) Chinese Rhesus Macaque
Chinese Rhesus Macaques
Macaca mulatta lasiotas
Rhesus Macaque, Chinese
Rhesus Macaques, Chinese



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