Among them, the macaques are a large group of species (genus Macaca) found in many parts of Asia and some parts of Africa. The long-tailed Formosan rock monkey (a.k.a. the Formosan macaque), Taiwan's only non-human primate, is classified by most zoologists as an endemic species, Macaca cyclopsis.
其中獼猴屬家族分佈在非洲與亞洲，長久分隔下，演化成許多不同種，台灣獼猴由於擁有長尾巴等獨特外型，學界一般將之歸為台灣特有種。