Species group · Mammals

Macaques

WAnimals has 6 species of macaque, in the family Cercopithecidae.

6 species

1 family

23 countries

82 parks

All 6 species of macaques on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

3 Endangered2 Least Concern1 Near Threatened

3 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.

Recorded in 23 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It is the northernmost naturally occurring non-human primate on the planet.
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It bathes in hot springs through the winter, which earned it the nickname "snow monkey".
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It lives in matrilineal societies in which females stay in the group they were born into for life.
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It is the only Old World monkey recorded using stone tools in its everyday foraging.
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It eats fruit, seeds, invertebrates, small vertebrates and crabs, which is where its common name comes from.
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It lives in secondary forest, mangrove and land near human settlements across South-East Asia.
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It is one of the non-human primates most used in biomedical research worldwide.
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It eats roots, grasses, fruit, insects, crops and small animals.
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