
Original source: de Waal FBM: Peace Lessons from an Unlikely Source. PLoS Biol 2/4/2004: e101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020101
Author: (Photograph by Frans de Waal, used with permission.)
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Some facts about the
Stump-tailed macaque
Adult weight : 9.275 kg (20.405 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 29 years
Female maturity :1186 days
Male maturity : 2099 days
Gestation : 177 days
Weaning : 299 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 558 days
Weight at birth : 0.479 kg (1.0538 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 2.3 kg (5.06 lbs)
Stump-tailed macaque
Order : Primates
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Species : Macaca arctoides
The Bear macaque, stump-tailed macaque, stumptail macaque is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Facts about the stump-tailed macaque
) Stump-tailed Macaques are known to have 17 vocal calls. (Full text)
’ The stump-tailed macaque is, interestingly enough, red faced depending on it’s mood, but by no means a (Full text)
The Stump-tailed Macaque is considered the fourth group of macaques and is also called the "bear macaque" and noted as being "a rather ugly, dark brown creature with a bare face and forehead. (Full text)
Thus, this frontal-scalp alopecia of the stump-tailed macaque is a unique species- specific phenomenon and is widely recognized in both captive and wild groups. (Full text)
Stump-tailed macaques are listed in Vietnam's Red Book of Engangered Animals. (Full text)
Stump-tailed macaques are found in forests of Northern Vietnam. (Full text)
The threatened Stump-Tailed Macaque is the most important. (Full text)
Dominant male Tibetan stump-tailed macaques are reported to have a favourite infant, which they groom. (Full text)
Stump-tailed macaques are active during the day, and spend their time both in the trees and on the ground. (Full text)
Stump-tailed macaques are active in the daytime and live in groups of 25 (Full text)
Stump-tailed macaques are dark brown, with a short, nearly hairless (Full text)
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