Crab-eating Macaque
Macaca fascicularis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 14,330
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The crab-eating macaque, also known as the long-tailed macaque or cynomolgus monkey, is a macaque species native to Southeast Asia. As a synanthropic species, the crab-eating macaque thrives near human settlements and in secondary forests. The crab-eating macaque has developed a variety of cultural perceptions, from being smart and adaptive, to being sacred, to even being pests in some cases.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Crab-eating macaque”.