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Macaca Fascicularis
An big Crab-eating Macaque showing his teeth. Due the extra food supply from tourists visiting the park some macaques become obese. Grey in colour, long tail, often longer than its body (typically 40–65 cm), body length about 50 cm relatively short arms and legs. Males are considerably larger than females, weighing 5–9 kg compared to the 3–6 kg of females. Eyelids with prominent white markings, Males have a characteristic mustache and cheek whiskers, while females have only cheek whiskers.
Spotted during a morning walk at Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. The park have approximately 600 crab-eating macaques in five groups, each occupying different territories.
They are known locally as the Balinese long-tailed monkey. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Macaca Species: M. fascicularis
Spotted on Feb 16, 2015
Submitted on Apr 4, 2017
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