Macaques are found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, the scrublands of India, the snowy mountains of Tibet, the temperate forest of Japan and the Atlas Mountains of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria).
Unlike most other moneys, macaques spend a lot of their times on the forest floor, and lower canopy levels, where they feed on a variety of foods from fruits, leaves and seeds to insects eggs, lizards and other small invertebrates.
Some have no tails at all, while others have tails that are longer than their body length. Most are brown in color, but some are black.
The 16 species of macaque have been divided into 4 groups on the basis of the anatomy of the genitalia. Group I – Macaca sylvanus group
Group II – Macaca fascicularis group
Group III – Macaca sinica group
Group IV – Macaca arctoides group
Macaques have rigid dominance hierarchies, and those at the bottom of the system often lead stressful, unpleasant lives with less access to food.
Macaque species
