species of mammals of the pacific area 67 



Macaques, Baboons, Guenons. Family 

 Cercopithecid^ 



This family includes, besides the macaques, the African 

 baboons and guenons. The macaques are generally rather 

 heavy-bodied monkeys with short, stout limbs, and tail gen- 

 erally shorter than the length of head and body. They have 

 cheek pouches in which food is temporarily stored. The eye- 

 brow ridges are heavy and the canine teeth in the male are long 

 and sharp. 



The Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) is a short-tailed, 

 long-haired monkey about two feet in length. Its color is dark 

 brown or yellowish brown, darkest along the middle of the 

 back, the hairs annulated with yellow and brown or black and 

 brown. The sides of body and the underparts are grayer. The 

 face in life is bright red. This monkey is found only in Japan. 



The Pig-tailed Macaque {Macaca nemestrina) ranges from 

 upper Burma to Sumatra and Borneo. The males, with head 

 and body measurement up to two feet, become much larger than 

 the females. The face is flesh-colored. The fur is olive-brown, 

 the hairs being ringed with black and yellow bars. The crown 

 of the head is brownish black, this color often extending along 

 the middle of the back to the base of the tail. The underparts 

 are grayish white. The short tail, about eight inches long, is 

 thinly haired and is carried in an arch. 



These monkeys go about in troops and generally live in 

 forested areas. They are often kept as pets and are some- 

 times trained to climb coconut trees and drop the ripe nuts 

 to their masters waiting below. Old males are inclined to be- 

 come savage in captivity. The pig-tailed macaque is found 

 on Sumatra, Borneo, Banka, and the Pagi Islands. 



The Long-tailed or Crab-eating Macaque {Macaca irus) 

 has a very wide distribution, from lower Burma and the Philip- 

 pines south to Sumatra and east to Timor. It is the only kind 

 of monkey found on many of the islands, and it has been in- 



