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Southern pig-tailed macaque or beruk, Macaca nemestrina (Northern Malaysia and southern Thailand to Borneo and western Indonesia) Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
Some species such as the long-tailed macaque (M. fascicularis; also called the crab-eating macaque) will supplement their diets with small amounts of meat from shellfish, insects, and small mammals. On average, a southern pig-tailed macaque ( M. nemestrina ) in Malaysia eats about 70 large rats each year.
M. nemestrina formerly included the northern pig-tailed, Pagai Island, and Siberut macaques as subspecies. [1] All four are now considered separate species. In the 19th century, bruh was the native name used by Malays in Sumatra for the macaque. [5] [6] [7]
Female northern pig-tailed macaque in Khao Yai. Physical characteristics identifiers in distinguishing the northern and the southern pig-tailed macaques. [10] Northern pig-tailed macaques have a round greyish pelage from the side of their cheeks all the way around to the top of their head and beneath their chin, which is called a crown. [10]
Traditionally, companies have used two animal models—one small, like rodents and one large, like a long-tailed macaque—to study drugs before they enter human trials. What drives the decision ...
The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.Most cercopithecine monkeys are limited to sub-Saharan Africa, although the macaques range from the far eastern parts of Asia through northern Africa, as well as on Gibraltar.
The center uses five types of non-human primates in its research: cynomolgus macaques, African green monkeys, mangabeys, pig-tailed macaques and rhesus macaques. The TNPRC employs over three hundred people and has an estimated economic impact of $70.1 million a year. [1]
Pigs, much like dogs, live in tight-knit groups. They strongly bond with each other, sleeping, eating, playing and foraging together. While your pig may see you as part of his "sounder," or pack ...