M. nigra, known locally as yaki, is one of seven distinct macaque species that evolved on Sulawesi—an Indonesian island that resembles a hastily scrawled K, with four peninsulas radiating from a ...

The Green Group has been studied by scientists for 15 years and is currently made up of approximately 80 individuals. The first way to tell the difference between macaques is their size.

OTHER FACTS: Many bird species sport colors that attract mates; rhesus macaques are one of the few mammal species that do.

The Rs.81,000-crore mega project planned for Great Nicobar will clear over a million trees, endangering the endemic Nicobar ...

Kemnitz observed that macaques of both sexes and of several species can become obese spontaneously, but obesity rarely occurs until adulthood 5. Besides lack of exercise and overfeeding ...

The Association of Indian Primatologists said deforestation and climate change could lead to higher temperatures, which the ...

And this is just one recorded example. In India, rhesus macaque monkeys were initially added to Wildlife (Protection) Act ...