Crab-eating Macaque
Macaca fascicularis · Mammal
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A long-tailed monkey of Southeast Asian mangroves, nipa palm swamps, riverbanks and forests, living in groups of 10 to 85 and eating mostly fruit, plus crabs. It raids rice, cassava and taro fields and rubbish heaps, and it carries the monkey B virus. Held sacred by many in Bali and sheltered in temple ruins in Thailand, it is hunted for food in Thailand and Borneo.
- Danger
- Dangerous if cornered
- How it is met
- In families, by day
- Size
- Small
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Feeds on
Nipa Palm
Gives
Sources
- Christopher Bonadio, Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2000.
- Crab-eating macaque. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Macaque crabier. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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