diff --git a/dandi/metadata.py b/dandi/metadata.py
index f2c00c3f5..e77bd524d 100644
--- a/dandi/metadata.py
+++ b/dandi/metadata.py
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def extract_cellLine(metadata: dict) -> Optional[str]:
         "Caenorhabditis elegans",
     ),
     (
-        ["simia nemestrina"],
+        ["pig-tailed macaque", "pigtail monkey", "pigtail macaque"],
         None,
         "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9545",
         "Macaca nemestrina",