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Macaques

The macaque genus, Macaca, 
includes at least 23 species
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Arunachal Macaque (Macaca munzala)

CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
​Arunachal macaques were first described in 2005, after primatologists discovered a previously-undescribed population of macaques during an expedition in eastern India. Arunachal macaques are native to India, and are known to live only in Arunachal...
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aSSAM MACAQUE (Macaca ASSAMENIS)

CONSERVATION STATUS:NEAR THREATENED
The forests of southeast Asia are home to the Assam macaque or Assamese macaque. Their homes span over nine countries from Vietnam to Nepal. In Tibet, they are also known as Himalayan macaques or hill monkeys. These Old World Monkeys live in all...
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Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Having learned to thrive in a wide range of habitats, the bonnet macaque is highly visible throughout India's southern peninsula. Comprising two subspecies, the more common macaca radiata is found in the peninsula’s evergreen and deciduous forests...
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Booted Macaque (Macaca ochreata)

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The booted macaque lives in the tropical rainforests of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The species' range extends from the lakes region in the north - where it overlaps with that of the Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana)--to the southern edges of the island's...
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Crested-Black Macaque (Macaca nigra)

CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Crested black macaques are found only in Indonesia, restricted to the northeastern-most peninsula of Sulawesi island (formerly known as Celebes), and to Sulawesi’s neighboring islands of Pulau Manadotua and Pulau Talise. Historically, these Old World had...
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Formosan Rock Macaque (MACACA CYCLOPIS)

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
The Formosan rock macaque, also known as the Taiwan macaque, is native to the temperate forests in the mountains of Taiwan. They are the only non-human primates native to Taiwan. The species also exists in parts of Japan due to a series of both...
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HECK'S Macaque (Macaca hecki)

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The Heck's macaque is endemic to Indonesia in the northwestern province of Sulawesi at the base of the northern peninsula. Northern Sulawesi is primarily mountainous with many areas over 3,280 ft (1,000 m) in elevation and multiple active volcanoes. There...
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Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Japanese Macaques, also called snow monkeys, are found on three of the four main Japanese islands, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and live further north than any other macaque species. They live in a variety of habitats throughout these islands including...
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Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus)

CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Primarily arboreal, the beautiful lion-tailed macaque, also known as the wanderoo, thrives in the upper canopy of tropical evergreen rainforests and monsoon forests, at a wide range of elevations, from 330 ft (100 m) to 6,000 ft (1,850 m). They are...
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Moor Macaque ​(Macaca maura)

CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The moor macaque is one of seven species of macaque found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. They are only found on the southwestern peninsula of the island at elevations below 6,600 feet (2,000 m), and overlap in some places with the Tonkean...
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Nicobar ​Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fasciularis)

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
​Nicobar long-tailed macaques, also called Nicobar crab-eating macaques and Nicobar cynomolgus monkeys, are widely distributed across southeast Asia, including the Nicobar islands (India), Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, large areas of Indonesia, Lao...
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nORTHERN Pig-tailed Macaque
​Macaca Leonina

CONSERVATION STATUS:VULNERABLE
Until recently, the northern pig-tailed macaque was considered a sub-species of Macaca nemestrina, now called the southern pig-tailed macaque, but is now recognized as a separate species. These macaques are found over a wide area of south-eastern Asia...
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Southern Pig-Tailed Macaque
Macaca nemestrina

CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Southern pig-tailed macaques, also known as Sunda or Sundaland pig-tailed macaques, are native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and have also been introduced to areas of Singapore and the Natuna Islands. They are well at home in the dense...
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Rhesus Macaque (macaca mulatta)

CONSERVATION STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
Rhesus macaques are Old World monkeys from Asia that range in geographic distribution from Afghanistan to the Pacific coast of China­­, including India, Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan. They boast the largest...
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Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca ARCTOIDES)

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The stump-tailed macaque, also called the bear macaque, is an Old World monkey native to Cambodia, southwest China, northeast India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In the past, this monkey species was also... 
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TIBETAN MACAQUE (MACACA THIBETANA)

CONSERVATION STATUS: NEAR THREATENED
The Tibetan macaque—also called the Chinese stump-tailed macaque, Pére David’s macaque, or Milne-Edwards’ macaque—is a large, old world monkey found in Eastern Tibet and certain regions of China, particularly the Sichuan province...
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Tonkean MACAQUE (MACACA tonkeana)

CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Tonkean macaques, also called Tonkean black macaques, are native to the central portion of island of Sulawesi and nearby Togian Islands in Indonesia. They are found in lowland and hill forests at moderate elevations below 5,000 ft (1500 m)...
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Toque Macaque (Macaca sinica)

CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Toque macaques are found only in Sri Lanka, an island country of South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea and considered one of the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots. Locally, these... 
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White-cheeked Macaque (Macaca leucogenys)

CONSERVATION STATUS: NOT EVALUATED
A bird-watching group from northeast India, comprised of wildlife photographers and biologists, affirmed the discovery of the white-cheeked macaque while visiting Mêdog county in southeastern Tibet in March 2015. It was in the Anjaw district of Arunachal... 
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The Ultimate Survivor - a video

​Macaque: The Ultimate Survivor is our love letter to the most maligned nonhuman primates. Macaques are the most adaptable of all primates, living in more climates and landscapes than any other except humans. This video calls on the viewer...
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      • Step 3: The Investigation
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      • Game 1: Monkey Match Up
      • Game 2: Concentration
      • Game 3: One Handed Solitaire
      • Game 4: Go Fish With a Twist
      • Activity 5: Whos in the Cards
    • Life in Tropical Rainforests Introduction >
      • Activity 1: Rainforest Matching Game
      • Activity 2: Living Between the Layers
      • Activity 3: Where in the World
      • Activity 4: Finding Fun Rainforest Facts
      • Activity 5: You Can Help Rainforests
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