Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

オナガザル

English translation:

Cercopithecus

Added to glossary by Yasutomo Kanazawa
Jan 2, 2010 14:11
14 yrs ago
Japanese term

オナガザル

Japanese to English Science Medical: Pharmaceuticals toxicology
A toxicology report I'm translating includes studies on mice, rats, rhesus macaques (アカゲザル)and オナガザル .

オナガザル appears to refer to the family 'old world monkeys' (cercopithecidae), rather than a specific species, but I'm wondering if in animal testing in Japanese laboratories it could refer to a specific species or genus (guenons perhaps).

Rhesus macaques themselves are a type of old world monkey, so it seems illogical to label one animal at the species level (rhesus macaques) and another animal at the family level (old world monkeys).
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 Cercopithecus
4 Guenon / Cercopithecus
3 long-tailed macaque
References
FYR
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Jan 4, 2010 16:24: Yasutomo Kanazawa Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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Cercopithecus

Latin name for オナガザル。

http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/オナガザル

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree matsuquin37
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agree Lakshmi Datar (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. Without a 科 or 属 it's difficult to be sure, but オナガザル科 is very broad, so I expect in this case they are being accurate to the genus-level."
23 hrs

long-tailed macaque

Happy New Year, Steven! :-)

Since you refer to toxicology reports being done with "rhesus macaques", it seems that "long-tailed macaque" would make a good counter name.

I found that "Old world monkeys" or Cercopithecidae are a family of primates whichs include baboons and macaques.

I found a macaque called a "long-tailed macaque" per below (it has many names according to Wikipedia including crab-eating monkey). It is used in lab experiments.

The common name of this animal varies. It is commonly referred to as the Long-tailed Macaque because the tail of this macaque is usually about the same length as its body and because its long tail distinguishes it from most other macaques. The species is also commonly known as the Crab-eating Macaque. Another common name for M. fascicularis is the Cynomolgous Monkey, which literally means "dog-milker" monkey, which is the name most commonly used for these animals in laboratory settings.
Note from asker:
Happpy new year to you too! Thanks for your help. I think the trouble with long-tailed macaque is that the Japanese would normally use カニクイザル for this.
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Guenon / Cercopithecus

Guenon = any of several long-tailed African monkeys, esp. of the genus Cercopithecus, having a grizzled coat.

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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2010-01-04 03:26:17 GMT)
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Guenon is the name of monkey (any of the long tailed Afrikan monkeys) that is used in lab experiments and belongs to the genus Cercopithecus.

Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guenon

Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
Tribe: Cercopithecini
Genus: Cercopithecus
Note from asker:
Thanks. Your answer was very helpful
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Reference comments

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Reference:

FYR

アカゲザルもオナガザル科に含まれるので、Stevenさんが持たれた疑問は正当であると思います。
ただ、オナガザルとだけしか書かれていないのにspecies levelの学名を特定するのにも、無理があると言えばあります。

ご参考までに、現在、日本でもっとも動物実験に多用されているオナガザル科のはカニクイザルであり、ニホンザルはまだ実験用の繁殖法の研究段階であるようです。

資料
http://wwwcrl.shiga-med.ac.jp/home/seminar/toku_sem/sp2000/d...
「・・・大きさ、数、形態的類似性等の使いやすさから、真猿類、オナガザル科のマカカ属のサル類が多用されてきた。とくに東南アジアに生息するアカゲザルは欧米諸国で、また日本国内ではカニクイザルが多く使用されている。」
「このニホンザルは、アカゲザルやカニクイザルに比べ、体躯の大きさや温厚な性格と感染症の罹患率が極めて低いこと等から、各種実験に適した種と考えられる。しかし、医学研究用として現在のような野生個体の捕獲(乱獲)を続けると生息数は明らかに減少し絶滅の危険性もある。またこれらの個体は、遺伝学的な統御や微生物学的な統御は全くなされていない個体であるので、実験成績の信頼性は依然として低い状況にあり、かつ人獣共通感染症の危険性もある。」

カニクイザルとするのが合理的であるとの判断でよいかどうかをクライアントに確認なさった方が良いかも知れません。

カニクイザル=Macaca fascicularis or Macaca irus
Note from asker:
Thanks for the interesting reference.
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