Origin of the Sulawesi macaques (Cercopithecidae:Macaca) as suggested by mitochondrial DNA phylogeny

One of the sharpest biogeographical transitions in the world occurs between the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sulawesi; this transition is demarcated by Wallace's line. Macaque monkeys represent an interesting anomaly to faunal distributions in this region as they occur on both sides of Wallace's line, withMacaca fascicularis,M. nemestrinaand other species to the west and seven Sulawesi species to the east. We have investigated macaque …