🐒Japanese macaque
The Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan. Colloquially, this macaque is referred to as the "snow monkey", because some live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year. No other non-human primate lives farther north, nor in a colder climate. It has brownish grey fur, a pinkish-red face, and a short tail. Two subspecies are known.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 8.88 kg
- Body length
- 0.8 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 38 years
Everything we know about the Japanese macaque
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass8.88 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 8.88 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length0.8 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass97 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan38 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length14 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation174 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 174 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
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- 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.43 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density30 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l8.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Japanese macaque yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyCercopithecidae
- ›genusMacaca
- ›speciesMacaca fuscata
- classMammals · Mammalia
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusMacaca
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- superfamilyCercopithecoidea
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusMacaca
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