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List of mammals of Cambodia. ... Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys: Stump-tailed macaque: Macaca arctoides I. Geoffroy, 1831: Forest VU: Crab-eating macaque:
The red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is an arboreal and diurnal Old World monkey belonging to the Colobinae subfamily. They are endemic to Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. They are known for their bright colors and exhibit sexual dimorphism through their body size.
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]
The abuse of monkeys at the Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwestern Cambodia is not always so graphic, but authorities say it is a growing problem as people look for new ways to draw ...
The wildlife of Cambodia is very diverse with at least 162 mammal species, [1] 600 bird species, [1] 176 reptile species (including 89 subspecies), [2] 900 freshwater fish species, [1] 670 invertebrate species, and more than 3000 plant species. [1]
The monkey's size differs depending on sex and species. Males from all species can range from 41 to 70 cm (16 to 28 inches) in head and body length, and in weight from 5.5 to 18 kg (12.13 to 39.7 lb). [6] Females can range from a weight of 2.4 to 13 kg (5.3 to 28.7 lb).
In the Reamker, issues of trust, loyalty, love, and revenge play out in dramatic encounters among princes and giants, monkeys and mermaids, and a forlorn princess. Though it is understood that Preah Ream is an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, his characteristics and those of the others in the story are interpreted in Cambodia as those of ...
In the 1990s, four major commercial monkey farms operated by Chinese entrepreneurs began exporting wild caught macaques as captive bred, and monkeys smuggled from Laos and Cambodia were likely part of these transactions. [36] By 2001, China was exporting significantly more crab-eating macaques than rhesus macaques. [74]