Pig-tailed macaque
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The pig-tailed macaques are two macaque
sister species. They look almost identical and are best distinguished by their parapatric ranges:
Macaque
The macaques constitute a genus of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. - Description :Aside from humans , the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from Japan to Afghanistan and, in the case of the barbary macaque, to North Africa...
sister species. They look almost identical and are best distinguished by their parapatric ranges:
- Northern Pig-tailed MacaqueNorthern Pig-tailed MacaqueThe northern pig-tailed macaque is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of M. nemestrina...
, Macaca leonina (Bangladesh to Vietnam, south to northern Malaysia) - Southern Pig-tailed MacaqueSouthern Pig-tailed MacaqueThe southern pig-tailed macaque is a medium-sized Old World monkey found in the southern half of the Malay Peninsula , Borneo, Sumatra and Bangka Island. This omnivorous macaque is mostly found in forest, but will also enter plantations and gardens...
or Beruk, Macaca nemestrina (Northern Malaysia and southern Thailand to Borneo and western Indonesia)