Listen to the stump-tailed macaque
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About the stump-tailed macaque
The stump-tailed macaque is a mammal in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “vulnerable”.
What does the stump-tailed macaque sound like?
Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins. Most are made in the larynx, shaped by the throat, mouth and nose, and used for contact, warning, courtship and – in some species – echolocation.
From Wikipedia
The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, they can be found south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. The range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
These monkeys are primarily frugivorous but eat many types of vegetation, including seeds, leaves, and roots. They also hunt freshwater crabs, frogs, bird eggs and insects.
More from the family Cercopithecidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a stump-tailed macaque sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the stump-tailed macaque on this page. Mammal voices range from infrasonic elephant rumbles to the ultrasonic clicks of bats and dolphins.
Is the stump-tailed macaque endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the stump-tailed macaque as “vulnerable”.
What family does the stump-tailed macaque belong to?
The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.
Sources & credits
- Sound-of-stump-tailed-macaque-(macaca-arctoides) by Rushenb – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q266955 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Stump-tailed macaque – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Rohit Naniwadekar – CC BY-SA 4.0