OTHER NAMES: Crab-eating Macaque, Cynomolgus Monkey
Latin Etymology: Macaca ("macaque") fascicularis ("with a small band")
Two Long-tailed Macaque (subspecies M. f. fascicularis) at Batu Caves, Malaysia - July 2016
Featured Subspecies: Macaca fascicularis fascicularis
Weight: 4.7-8.3kg / Length: 41-64cm + 40-65cm tail
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
By far the most common of the primates of Malaysia, the Long-tailed Macaque is a species that has adapted well to human living, and I saw them in three separate sites in Kuala Lumpur itself. Though their alternate name is the Crab-eating Macaque they are found in a wide variety of habitats, not just the shoreline and in some place become abundant where they can scavenge from humans such as the Batu Caves temple area to the North of Kuala Lumpur where densities of this species were very high.
Related Species:
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
SUBSPECIES: M. f. fascicularis, M. f. aurea, M. f. umbrosa, M. f. atriceps, M. f. condorensis, M. f. fusca, M. f. lasiae, M. f. tua, M. f. karimondjawae, M. f. philippensis
- Sighting Locations -
A common resident.
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