Snow monkey´s

Monkey

Name: Snow Monkey or Japanese Macaque, Family cercopithecidae

Description: Primate. Brown to grey fur, with a red face and bottom, and a short tail.

Location: Japan

Special Features:

• Thick winter coat, light summer coat

• Migrate with the season

• Most northerly-living non-human primate

• Wash food before eating it

• Diurnal

• Spend most of time in trees

• Live in groups

• Males tend to be transient

• Live up to 30 years in wild

Diet: Shoots, leaves, insects, fruit, and nuts

Neat Fact: As a Snow Monkey ages, his face and backside turn darker red.