Rhesus Macaque
Macaca mulatta
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,406
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey in the Macaca genus. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally brown or grey in colour, it is 47–53 cm (19–21 in) in length with a 20.7–22.9 cm (8.1–9.0 in) tail and weighs 5.3–7.7 kg (12–17 lb).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Rhesus macaque”.