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Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
Macaca nemestrina
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Macaca
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Pigtail Macaque|Pig-tailed Macaque|Sunda Pig-tailed Macaque|Sundaland Pig-tailed Macaque
About this species
- Size
- Males 50–58cm; females 38–48cm
- Weight
- Males 5–12kg; females 4.5–6kg
- Range
- Sundaland, southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia
The southern pig-tailed macaque, also called the Sundaland or Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque of Sundaland, southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, known locally as beruk. Males measure 50–58 cm and weigh 5–12 kg; females measure 38–48 cm and weigh 4.5–6 kg. The fur is buff-brown, darker on the back and lighter below, and the common name refers to its short tail (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)