crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Bako NP, Sarawak, MALAYSIA
Date 3 October 2012, 15:13
Source Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long-tailed_Macaque_(Macaca_fascicularis)_(8217712282).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.
