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Macaca fascicularis, Ubud Monkey Forest, Bali, 20220822 1053 0059🐒

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SpeciesPrimatesCercopithecidae
Primates

🐒Crab-eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821)

Der Javaneraffe, Langschwanzmakak oder Krabbenesser (Macaca fascicularis) ist eine Primatenart aus der Gattung der Makaken innerhalb der Familie der Meerkatzenverwandten. Die in Südostasien verbreitete Art gilt als stark gefährdet.

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≈ 1/14th of your weight
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
4.57 kg
Body length
0.52 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
39 years
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Everything we know about the Crab-eating macaque

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Body mass
4.57 kg
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  • 6.36 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.52 m
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Brain mass
66 g
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Maximum lifespan
39 years
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  • 39 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
14 years
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Age at maturity
3.6 years
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Gestation
165 days
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  • 165 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Home range
0.46 km²
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Population density
51 per km²
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Volume l
4.6 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Crab-eating macaque yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPrimates
  5. ›familyCercopithecidae
  6. ›genusMacaca
  7. ›speciesMacaca fascicularis
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. familyCercopithecidae
  3. subfamilyCercopithecinae
  4. genusMacaca
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. suborderHaplorrhini
  12. infraorderSimiiformes
  13. superfamilyCercopithecoidea
  14. familyCercopithecidae
  15. subfamilyCercopithecinae
  16. genusMacaca
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Closest relative on this site
🐒 Gelada — last shared an ancestor ≈ 7.4 million years ago.
What it eats
insects and other invertebrates50%
fruit40%
leaves, roots and other plants10%
In other languages
makak krabożerny (pl), macaco menjacrancs (ca), Javaneraffe (de), Macaca fascicularis (es), jaavanmakaki (fi), Macaque crabier (fr) … and 24 more languages
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