Japanese Macaque

• It is the northernmost naturally occurring non-human primate on the planet.
• It bathes in hot springs through the winter, which earned it the nickname "snow monkey".
• It lives in matrilineal societies in which females stay in the group they were born into for life.
• comportamientoSome populations deliberately bathe in hot springs through the winter, a learned behaviour passed culturally from one generation to the next.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat and environment

Subtropical and subalpine deciduous and evergreen forest of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan

Birth weight

539.7 - 548.8 grams

Size at birth

Well developed at birth, able to cling to its mother's fur at once

Sexual maturity

Female: 3.5-5 years | Male: 4.5-6 years

Gestation / incubation

~172 days (a range of 157-188.5 days)

Litter / clutch size

1 young (twins rare, 1 birth in 488)

Life expectancy in captivity

Documented record of up to 38.5 years in captivity

Sources consulted: Animal Diversity Web; AnAge; Japan Nature Guides; The Animal Facts; SpiderZoon; Texas Tech Mammals of Texas; PMC

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.