crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Bako NP, Sarawak, MALAYSIA
Scanned slide from 2001
Date 1 November 2001, 00:00
Source Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE https://www.flickr.com/people/65695019@N07
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long-tailed_Macaque_(Macaca_fascicularis)_(14150249012).jpg
The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), also known as the long-tailed macaque, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. It is referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories. It has a long history alongside humans; they have been alternately seen as agricultural pests, sacred animals in some temples, and more recently, the subject of medical experiments. The crab-eating macaque lives in matrilineal social groups with a female dominance hierarchy,[ and male members leave the group when they reach puberty.