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Macaques
Macaca
The macaques () constitute a genus (Macaca) of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and Europe (in Gibraltar). Macaques are principally frugivorous (preferring fruit), although their diet also includes seeds, leaves, flowers, and tree bark. 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. All macaque social groups are arranged around dominant matriarchs.
Macaques are found in a variety of habitats throughout the Asian continent and are highly adaptable. Certain species are synanthropic, having learned to live alongside humans, but they have become problematic in urban areas in Southeast Asia and are not suitable to live with, as they can carry transmittable diseases.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 25 known species
Long-tailed Macaque
speciesMacaca fascicularis
Rhesus Macaque
speciesMacaca mulatta
Formosan Rock Macaque
speciesMacaca cyclopis
Bonnet Macaque
speciesMacaca radiata
Barbary Macaque
speciesMacaca sylvanus
Japanese Macaque
speciesMacaca fuscata
Toque Macaque
speciesMacaca sinica
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
speciesMacaca nemestrina
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
speciesMacaca leonina
Tibetan Macaque
speciesMacaca thibetana
Celebes Crested Macaque
speciesMacaca nigra
Assam Macaque
speciesMacaca assamensis
Stump-tailed Macaque
speciesMacaca arctoides
Lion-tailed Macaque
speciesMacaca silenus
Moor Macaque
speciesMacaca maura
Tonkean Macaque
speciesMacaca tonkeana
Arunachal Macaque
speciesMacaca munzala
Heck's Macaque
speciesMacaca hecki
Sulawesi Booted Macaque
speciesMacaca ochreata
Gorontalo Macaque
speciesMacaca nigrescens
Muna-Buton macaque
speciesMacaca brunnescens
Pagai Island Macaque
speciesMacaca pagensis
Long-tailed × Rhesus Macaque
hybridMacaca fascicularis × mulatta
White-cheeked Macaque
speciesMacaca leucogenys
Siberut Macaque
speciesMacaca siberu
Sela Macaque
speciesMacaca selai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43444.