#0226 · 🦊 mammals

Long-tailed Macaque

🇳🇱 Java-aap ·Macaca fascicularis

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

📍 Indonesia

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Benjamin Koh · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Subir B. Shakya · CC BY 4.0
3. © Robert Gowan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © datadan · CC BY 4.0
5. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Indonesia:© Albert Kang · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © wildpokedex · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Tan Kok Hui · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Ira Han · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Jens Sommer-Knudsen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The crab-eating macaque ( Macaca fascicularis ), also known as the long-tailed macaque and referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. A species of macaque, the crab-eating macaque has a long history alongside humans; it has been alternately seen as an agricultural pest, sacred animal in some temples, and more recently, the subject of medical experiments.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 25,605iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
25,605 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1821 (205 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.