#0407 · 🦊 mammals

Japanese Macaque

🇳🇱 Japanse Makaak ·Macaca fuscata

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Japanese macaque (/məˈkɑːk/; Macaca fuscata ), also known as the snow monkey , is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan. They get their name "snow monkey" because they live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year – no other nonhuman primate is more northern-living, nor lives in a colder climate. Individuals have brown-grey fur, red faces, and short tails. Two subspecies are known.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,014iNaturalist observations
weight 14 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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.
3,014 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 14 kg.
Scientifically named by Edward Blyth in 1875 (151 years ago).