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Snow monkey´s

 

Snow monkey´s

Snow monkey´sMonkey

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.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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