Moor Macaque

• Common Name: Moor Macaque
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1825
• Monkey Size: 50 to 56 cm (19.7 to 22 in)
• Skin Color(s): Light brown to a dark brown
• Habitat: Rainforest
• Diet: Herbivorous
• Native Countries: Indonesia

The moor macaque^[1] (Macaca maura) is a brown/black haired macaque with a pale rump and bare pink rump skin.

• These large primates have very short tails. They are not a particularly colorful primate species;
• Its fur varies from light brown to dark brown, although the hair framing the face is a lighter shade of yellowish-gray.
• They have dark faces, hands, and ears. Their ischial callosities, thick layers of tissue on their buttocks, are pale pink.
• At certain stages of their menstrual cycle, female species display large sexual swellings.

• Sometimes referred to as the “dog-ape” because of its dog-like snout, this species is no more closely related to great apes than any other Old World monkey.
• In estrus, females prefer the dominant male in the group and present themselves to him more often than to lower-ranking males.
• Moor macaques appear to be a relatively tolerant macaque species, showing low levels of aggression between group membersand high levels of post-conflict reconciliation.
• South Sulawesi folklore says that the ancestors of humans became apes; people in this area avoid entering the moor macaque’s forest habitat to avoid disturbing them.
• The moor macaque is threatened primarily by habitat loss due to a growing human population and deforestation to increase agricultural land.