Crab-eating Macaque
The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is a monkey. It is mostly native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the cynomolgus monkey, Philippine monkey, and the long-tailed macaque.
| Crab-eating Macaque | |
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| Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. fascicularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821
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| File:Crab-eating Macaque area.png | |
| Crab-eating macaque range | |
| Synonyms[2][3][4][5] | |
In 2018, scientists in China cloned the crab-eating macaque. They named the two baby monkeys Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.[6]
Crab-eating Macaque Media
- Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Labuk Bay.jpg
Crab-eating macaque with injury to upper lip
- Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) juvenile.jpg
Juvenile crab-eating macaque in Borneo
- Macaca fascicularis Ao Nang 5.jpg
Juvenile crab-eating macaque in Ao Nang, Thailand
- Macaca fascicularis fascicularis - Common long-tailed macaque.webm
Macaca fascicularis fascicularis at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve – Singapore. Video Clip
- A Macaca fascicularis hand helping a Macaca fascicularis baby in Bali, Indonesia.jpg
Adult crab-eating macaque with a baby
- Macaque monkey II.jpg
Long-tailed macaque and her young eating a banana in Mauritius
- Macaca fascicularis aurea stone tools - journal.pone.0072872.g002.png
Stone tool usage by crab-eating macaques in Laem Son National Park in Thailand
- Macaca fascicularis aurea using a stone tool - journal.pone.0072872.g002f.png
A crab-eating macaque using a stone as tool
- Macaca fascicularis mother and juvenile at Djuanda forest park.jpg
Female and juvenile crab-eating macaques at Djuanda Forest Park, West Java, Indonesia
- Macaque with soda can.jpg
A crab-eating macaque with a soda can at Bukit Timah, Singapore
References
- ↑ {{{assessors}}} (2008). Macaca fuscicularis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 4 January 2009.
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ White-house, David (14 January 2000). Scientists 'clone' monkey. BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/602027.stm. Retrieved 24 January 2018.