The Mentawai Macaque is a kind of macaque distributed in the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia and southern Sumatra. It was discovered and named by a man named Miller in 1903. Let the editor Let us introduce the Mentawai Macaque in detail!

I. Basic information

[Chinese name]Mingtawei Macaque

[Alias] Bagai Island Macaque

[Kingdom] Animalia

[Domain] Chordate

[Class] Mammalia

[Order] Primates

[Family] Macaque

[Subfamily] Rhesus macaque

[Genus] Rhesus macaque

[Species] Menthaville Macaque

【Name and time】Miller, 1903

【English name】Macaca pagensis

II. Appearance characteristics

Large Most Mentawai macaques have large skulls with large cranial cavity and spherical shape. Their noses are very short, and their sense of smell is inferior to sight, touch and hearing. Some lower species of Mentawai macaques have highly developed brains. The olfactory center is largely dependent on smell. Some of their hairs are soft and fine, some are rough, or they are locally very long, or they have heterochromatic links on the hair. Some of them have very long hair on the top of their head, forming a tufted crown, or very short, flat-topped, or even bald hairless. Some Mentawai macaques have long hairs on the cheeks or under the jaws, shaped like whiskers.

III. Distribution range

Mentawai macaques are mainly distributed in Indonesia and the Mentawai Islands in the south of Sumatra.

IV. Living habits

Mentaway macaques mostly live in forest areas, they live in arboreal or semi-arboreal ways, usually in small family groups Activities will also be organized in large groups. Most of them can walk upright, but not for a long time, and they are mostly active during the day.

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