On the rediscovered fossil remains of Macaca majori Azzaroli, 1946 (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Capo Figari type locality (Sardinia, Italy) housed in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris, France)

In this report, we present and briefly describe a small sample of the endemic Sardinian macaque Macaca majori Azzaroli,
1946 from the Pleistocene type locality of Capo Figari (Golfo Aranci, northeastern Sardinia). The famous Swiss palaeontologist Charles
Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923) donated the fossils to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris (France) in 1914. This still
unpublished material represents one of the first M. majori samples ever collected and is of great scientific and historical importance. The
history of palaeontological research is comprised within such collections, rendering their preservation and that of the inherent information
they contain essential for palaeontological studies.