Category: Macaque

Celebes crested macaque, scientific name Macaca nigra, is also also known as crest black macaque. It is also called the Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape in many places….

Tibetan macaque, scientific name Macaca thibetana, also known as Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards’ macaque, is found from eastern Tibet to eastern Guangdong and northern Shanxi to China. It has…

The Assam macaque or Assamese macaque, scientific name Macaca assamensis is a macaque of the family of Old World Monkeys native to South and Southeast Asia. For 24 years, the…

Toque macaque, scientific name Macaca sinica is a reddish-brown Old World monkey native to Sri Lanka, where it is known as rilewa or rilawa to the common people. Toque Macaque…

Bonnet macaque, known as a zati, scientific name Macaca radiata, is a macaque vastly found as native to southern India. Its distribution is limited to the Indian Ocean and Godavari,…

Southern pig tailed macaque, scientific name Macaca nemestrina is also named Sundaland pigtail macaque or sunda pig-tailed macaque. The Southern pig tailed macaque is a medium-sized macaque that lives in…

Lion tailed macaque, scientific name Macaca silenus has also named the wanderoo. Lion tailed macaque a monkey native to the Western Ghats of southern India. The lion-legged macaque has black…

The crab-eating macaque, scientific name Macaca fascicularis, also known as the long-legged macaque, is a cercopithecine primate in Southeast Asia. This is referred to in the laboratory as the cynomolgus…

The Japanese macaque is also called snow monkey. It includes the Old World species. Two subspecies have been identified. They have an important role in early Buddhism. The work of…