A species of macaque monkey native to Southeast Asia, commonly used in medical research and testing.
From Greek 'cyno-' meaning dog and 'molgus' possibly meaning to milk or extract; named by Linnaeus in the 18th century, the term reflects early European naturalists' attempts to classify primates they encountered.
This monkey got its Latin name because early scientists thought it had dog-like features—'cyno' literally means dog in Greek—showing how observing animals' resemblance to familiar creatures shaped how we named them scientifically.
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