Mammals of the WorldLong-tailed Macaque
Macaca fascicularis
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Macaca
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- Bangladesh|Myanmar|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia|Malaysia|Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Indonesia|Singapore|Brunei|East Timor|Philippines
- Realm
- Australasia|Indomalaya
Other names: Crab-eating Macaque|Longtail Macaque|Burmese Long-talied Macaque|Con Song Long-tailed Macaque|Dark-crowned Long-tailed Macaque|Kemujan Long-tailed Macaque|Lasia Long-tailed Macaque|Maratua Long-tailed Macaque|Nicobar Long-tailed Macaque|Philippine Long-tailed Macaque|Simeulue Long-tailed Macaque
About this species
- Diet
- Omnivorous and frugivorous
- Habitat
- Near human settlements and in secondary forest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
The crab-eating macaque, also called the long-tailed macaque or cynomolgus monkey, is a macaque native to Southeast Asia. It is synanthropic, thriving near human settlements and in secondary forests, and is omnivorous and frugivorous (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives in matrilineal groups of 10 to 85 individuals, with females staying in their natal group and males leaving at puberty. People regard it variously as smart and adaptive, as sacred, and in some places as a pest (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)