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Northern pig-tailed macaque

Northern pig-tailed macaque
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Female northern pig-tailed macaque with baby in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species: M. leonina
Binomial name
Macaca leonina
(Blyth, 1863)
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Northern pig-tailed macaque range

The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of M. nemestrina. In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Aruanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. A detailed report on the ecology and behaviour of northern pig-tailed macaque has been published recently.

Northern pig-tailed macaque, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Macaque in Khao Yai National Park

Macaque at a monkey school on Ko Lanta Yai



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