Abstract: Dermatoglyphics study of Tibetan macaques was taken from 37 individuals from Mt.Emei ( 10 females and 8 males) and Leibo County (7 females and 12 males), Sichuan. The prints were very similar to those reported for other species of the genus.The finger--and--toc--tip prints were almost the primitive; in the palm, the prints were chiefly the loops (L) and open fields on the thenar (T) and hypothenar (H) and whorls (W) on the interdigitals I--IV; in the sole, the prints were mainly L on T, H and I- -II, and W on II-IV.There were some differences in palm II-IV and sole III-IV between the left and the right.The patterns of interdigital I in the palm significantly differed in males and females. Com-pared with other species, it is worth noting that the appearance of double arches and the absence of the arch in sole IV. Difference between the two sample groups was specified in Tin palm, and I in both palm and sole, which may be related to the geographic isolation.

Key words: Macaca thibetana; Dermatoglyphics; Print patterns; Classifications; Evolution