Lion-tailed macaque
Macaca silenus / Lion-tailed macaque
- Habitat
- evergreen mountain rainforest
- Continent
- Asia
- Food
- Fruits, flowers, sprouts, nuts and small animals
- Gestation/breeding period
- 160 - 180 days
- Mode of life
- Harem groups of 10 to 40 animals
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Primates
Key facts
~ 60 cm
size
~ 10 kg
weight
~ 40 years
age
How endangered are Lion-tailed macaques?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
- Vulnerable
-
Endangered Endangered - Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The population in the wild is less than 4,000 animals.
Lion-tailed macaque on the zoo tour
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