Celebes Crested Macaque
Macaca nigra
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the tropical regions of north Sulawesi. Description Locally known as yaki, wolai, or bolai, its skin and hairless face is, with the exception of some white hair in the shoulder range, entirely jet black. It has a long muzzle with high cheeks, a long hair tuft, or crest, at the top of the head and striking reddish-brown eyes, unusual for a primate.
Le macaque nègre (Macaca nigra) est l'une des sept espèces de macaque qui peuplent l'île de Sulawesi en Indonésie. Dénominations L'espèce est appelée macaque nègre, macaque noir ou encore cynopithèque nègre. Description Son faciès très galbé dans le sens convexe et sa crête le rendent reconnaissable entre tous.
El macaco negro crestado (Macaca nigra) es una especie de primate catarrino de la familia Cercopithecidae endémica de las selvas del norte de la isla indonesia de Célebes e islas adyacentes (Talise y Manadotua, en las islas Sangihe). De aspecto inconfundible, se encuentra en peligro de extinción. Descripción Con la excepción de un poco de pelo blanco en el hombro, esta especie de macaco es de color totalmente negro azabache.
Distribution
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