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Female northern pig-tailed macaque in Khao Yai. Physical characteristics identifiers in distinguishing the northern and the southern pig-tailed macaques. [10] Northern pig-tailed macaques have a round greyish pelage from the side of their cheeks all the way around to the top of their head and beneath their chin, which is called a crown. [10]
Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), also called beruk, inhabiting Northern Malaysia and southern Thailand to Borneo and western Indonesia Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, it occurs south of the Brahmaputra River , in the northeastern part of the country. [ 3 ]
A baby macaque monkey is reportedly coping with the loss of his mother by holding on to stuffed animals, reports The Dodo.. The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand recently released a Facebook ...
Some species such as the long-tailed macaque (M. fascicularis; also called the crab-eating macaque) will supplement their diets with small amounts of meat from shellfish, insects, and small mammals. On average, a southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina) in Malaysia eats about 70 large rats each year.
Assam macaques are found in higher elevation areas of southern Tibet and the Southwest, and the northern pig-tailed macaque in Yunnan. Macaques are Class I protected species in China but their numbers have fallen sharply. Monkey brain is a delicacy in parts of Guangxi and Guangdong, and macaques are often hunted for food. [13]
The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.Most cercopithecine monkeys are limited to sub-Saharan Africa, although the macaques range from the far eastern parts of Asia through northern Africa, as well as on Gibraltar.
Nicobar long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosa) Miller, 1902; Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) (Zimmermann, 1780) Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala) Sinha et al., 2004 [5] Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) (Blyth, 1863) Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) (E. Geoffroy, 1812) Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) (Linnaeus, 1758)