#0444 · 🦊 mammals
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
🇳🇱 Leeuwmakaak ·Macaca leonina
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what is it?
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 southern pig-tailed macaque. 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...
base stats
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.
- 2,410 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Edward Blyth in 1863 (163 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
- Nederlands
- Leeuwmakaak
- scientific name
- Macaca leonina
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Cercopithecidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,410
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1863 by Edward Blyth
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 74532, Wikidata Q913765, GBIF 4267148, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.