Crab-eating macaque

The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), also known as the long-tailed macaque and referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories,^[1] is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. A species of macaque, the crab-eating macaque has a long history alongside humans.^[6] The species has been alternately seen as an agricultural pest,^[7] a sacred animal,^[8] and, more recently, the subject of medical experiments.^[6]

Crab-eating macaque
Phang Nga, Thailand
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Macaca
Species:	M. fascicularis
Binomial name
Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821
Crab-eating macaque range
Synonyms^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Simia aygula Linnaeus, 1758 Macaca irus F. Cuvier, 1818

The crab-eating macaque lives in matrilineal social groups of up to eight individuals dominated by females.^[9] Male members leave the group when they reach puberty.^[10] It is an opportunistic omnivore^[11] and has been documented using tools to obtain food in Thailand and Myanmar.^[12] The crab-eating macaque is a known invasive species and a threat to biodiversity in several locations, including Hong Kong and western New Guinea.^[1] The significant overlap in macaque and human living space has resulted in greater habitat loss,^[6] synanthropic living, and inter- and intraspecies conflicts over resources.

Etymology

Macaca comes from the Portuguese word macaco, which was derived from makaku, a word in Ibinda, a language of Central Africa (kaku means monkey in Ibinda).^[13] The specific epithet fascicularis is Latin for a small band or stripe. Sir Thomas Raffles, who gave the animal its scientific name in 1821, did not specify what he meant by the use of this word.

In Indonesia and Malaysia, the crab-eating macaque and other macaque species are known generically as kera, possibly because of their high-pitched cries.^[14]

The crab-eating macaque has several common names. It is often referred to as the long-tailed macaque due to its tail, which is often longer than its body.^[15] The name crab-eating macaque refers to its being often seen foraging beaches for crabs. Another common name for M. fascicularis is the cynomolgus monkey, from the name of a race of humans with long hair and handsome beards who used dogs for hunting according to Aristophanes of Byzantium, who seemingly derived the etymology of the word cynomolgus from the Greek κύων, cyon 'dog' (gen. cyno-s) and the verb ἀμέλγειν, amelgein 'to milk' (adj. amolg-os), by claiming that they milked female dogs.^[16] This name is commonly used in laboratory settings.

Taxonomy

The 10 subspecies of M. fascicularis are:

• Common long-tailed macaque, M. f. fascicularis
• Burmese long-tailed macaque, M. f. aurea
• Nicobar long-tailed macaque, M. f. umbrosa
• Dark-crowned long-tailed macaque, M. f. atriceps
• Con Song long-tailed macaque, M. f. condorensis
• Simeulue long-tailed macaque, M. f. fusca
• Lasia long-tailed macaque, M. f. lasiae
• Maratua long-tailed macaque, M. f. tua
• Kemujan long-tailed macaque, M. f. karimondjawae
• Philippine long-tailed macaque, M. f. philippensis ^[17]

Characteristics

 

A crab-eating macaque in West Sumatra.

The body length of the adult, which varies among subspecies, is 38–55 cm (15–22 in) with relatively short arms and legs. Males are considerably larger than females, weighing 5–9 kg (11–20 lb) compared to the 3–6 kg (6.6–13.2 lb) of females.^[15] The tail is longer than the body, typically 40–65 cm (16–26 in), which is used for balance when they jump distances up to 5 m (16 ft).^[15] The upper parts of the body are dark brown with light golden brown tips. The under parts are light grey with a dark grey/brown tail. Crab-eating macaques have backwards-directed crown hairs which sometimes form short crests on the midline. Their skin is black on their feet and ears, whereas the skin on the muzzle is a light grayish pink color. The eyelids often have prominent white markings and sometimes there are white spots on the ears. Males have a characteristic mustache and cheek whiskers, while females have only cheek whiskers. Crab-eating macaques have a cheek pouch which they use to store food while foraging. Females show no perineal swelling.^[18]

Distribution and habitat

The crab-eating macaque's native range encompasses most of mainland Southeast Asia, from extreme southeastern Bangladesh south through the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, the Maritime Southeast Asia islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, offshore islands, the islands of the Philippines, and the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. This primate is a rare example of a terrestrial mammal that violates the Wallace line, being found out across the Lesser Sunda Islands.^[18] It lives in a wide variety of habitats, including primary lowland rainforests, disturbed and secondary rainforests, shrubland, and riverine and coastal forests of nipa palm and mangrove. It also easily adjusts to human settlements and is considered sacred at some Hindu temples and on some small islands,^[8] but as a pest around farms and villages. Typically, it prefers disturbed habitats and forest periphery.

Introduced range

The crab-eating macaque is an introduced alien species in several countries, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, West Papua, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Nauru, Vanuatu, Pohnpei, Anggaur Island in Palau, and Mauritius.^[19] This has led the Invasive Species Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature to list the crab-eating macaque as one of the "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species".^[20] In Mauritius, it is a threat for the endemic and endangered Roussea simplex, as it destroys its flowers.^[21] It also hinders germination of some endemic trees by destroying most of their fruits when unripe^[22] and competes with the endemic endangered Mauritian flying fox for native fruits.^[23]

Where it is not a native species, particularly on island ecosystems whose species often evolved in isolation from large predators, it is a documented threat to many native species. The immunovaccine porcine zona pellucida (PZP), which causes infertility in females, is currently being tested in Hong Kong to investigate its use as potential population control.^[18]

Behavior and ecology

Group living

 

Crab-eating macaque with injury to upper lip.

 

Juvenile crab-eating macaque in Borneo.

 

Juvenile crab-eating macaque in Ao Nang, Thailand.

Macaques live in social groups that contain three to 20 females, their offspring, and one or many males. The groups usually have fewer males than females. In social groups of macaques, a clear dominance hierarchy is seen among females. These ranks remain stable throughout the female's lifetime and also can be sustained through generations of matrilines. Females have their highest birth rates around 10 years of age and completely stop bearing young by age 24.^[9]

The social groups of macaques are female-bonded, meaning the males will disperse at the time of puberty. Thus, group relatedness on average appears to be lower than compared to matrilines. More difference in relatedness occurs when comparing high-ranking lineages to lower ranking lineages, with higher-ranking individuals being more closely related to one another. Additionally, groups of dispersing males born into the same social groups display a range of relatedness, at times appearing to be brothers, while at other times appearing to be unrelated.^[10]

In addition to the matrilineal dominance hierarchy, male dominance rankings also exist. Alpha males have a higher frequency of mating compared to their lower-ranking conspecifics. The increased success is due partially to his increased access to females and also due to female preference of an alpha male during periods of maximum fertility. Though females have a preference for alpha males, they do display promiscuous behavior. Through this behavior, females risk helping to rear a non-alpha offspring, yet benefit in two specific ways, both in regard to aggressive behavior. First, a decreased value is placed on one single copulation. Moreover, the risk of infanticide is decreased due to the uncertainty of paternity.^[24]

Increasing group size leads to increased competition and energy spent trying to forage for resources, and in particular, food. Further, social tensions build and the prevalence of tension-reducing interactions like social grooming fall with larger groups. Thus, group living appears to be maintained solely due to the safety against predation.^[25]

Crab-eating macaques sometimes form mixed species groups with other primate species, including the southern pig-tailed macaque, dusky langur and white-thighed surili.^[26] They have been observed engaging in grooming with other primate species, including the southern pig-tailed macaque and leaf monkeys such as Raffles' banded langur and the dusty langur.^[26]

Conflict

Group living in all species is dependent on the tolerance of other group members. In crab-eating macaques, successful social group living requires postconflict resolution. Usually, less dominant individuals lose to a higher-ranking individual when conflict arises. After the conflict has taken place, lower-ranking individuals tend to fear the winner of the conflict to a greater degree. In one study, this was seen in the ability to drink water together. Postconflict observations showed a staggered time between when the dominant individual begins to drink and the subordinate. Long-term studies reveal the gap in drinking time closes as the conflict moves further into the past.^[27]

Grooming and support in conflict among primates is considered to be an act of reciprocal altruism. In crab-eating macaques, an experiment was performed in which individuals were given the opportunity to groom one another under three conditions: after being groomed by the other, after grooming the other, and without prior grooming. After grooming took place, the individual that received the grooming was much more likely to support their groomer than one that had not previously groomed that individual. These results support the reciprocal altruism theory of grooming in long-tailed macaques.^[28]

Crab-eating macaques demonstrate two of the three forms of suggested postconflict behavior. In both captive and wild studies, the monkeys demonstrated reconciliation, or an affiliative interaction between former opponents, and redirection, or acting aggressively towards a third individual. Consolation was not seen in any study performed.^[29]

Postconflict anxiety has been reported in crab-eating macaques that have acted as the aggressor. After a conflict within a group, the aggressor appears to scratch itself at a higher rate than before the conflict. Though the scratching behavior cannot definitely be termed as an anxious behavior, evidence suggests this is the case. An aggressor's scratching decreases significantly after reconciliation. This suggests reconciliation rather than a property of the conflict is the cause of the reduction in scratching behavior. Though these results seem counterintuitive, the anxiety of the aggressor appears to have a basis in the risks of ruining cooperative relationships with the opponent.^[30]

Kin altruism and spite

Macaca fascicularis fascicularis at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve – Singapore. Video Clip

In a study, a group of crab-eating macaques was given ownership of a food object. Adult females favored their own offspring by passively, yet preferentially, allowing them to feed on the objects they held. When juveniles were in possession of an object, mothers robbed them and acted aggressively at an increased rate towards their own offspring compared to other juveniles. These observations suggest close proximity influences behavior in ownership, as a mother's kin are closer to her on average. When given a nonfood object and two owners, one being a kin and one not, the rival will choose the older individual to attack regardless of kinship. Though the hypothesis remains that mother-juvenile relationships may facilitate social learning of ownership, the combined results clearly point to aggression towards the least-threatening individual.^[31]

A study was conducted in which food was given to 11 females. They were then given a choice to share the food with kin or nonkin. The kin altruism hypothesis suggests the mothers would preferentially give food to their own offspring. Yet eight of the 11 females did not discriminate between kin and nonkin. The remaining three did, in fact, give more food to their kin. The results suggest it was not kin selection, but instead spite that fueled feeding kin preferentially. This is due to the observation that food was given to kin for a significantly longer period of time than needed. The benefit to the mother is decreased due to less food availability for herself and the cost remains great for nonkin due to not receiving food. If these results are correct, crab-eating macaques are unique in the animal kingdom, as they appear not only to behave according to the kin selection theory, but also act spitefully toward one another.^[32]

Reproduction

 

Adult crab-eating macaque with a baby

After a gestation period of 162–193 days, the female gives birth to one infant. The infant's weight at birth is about 320 g (11 oz).^[11] Infants are born with black fur which will begin to turn to a grey or reddish-brown shade (depending on the subspecies) after about three months of age.^[15] This natal coat may indicate to others the status of the infant, and other group members treat infants with care and rush to their defense when distressed. Immigrant males sometimes kill infants not their own in order to shorten interbirth intervals. High-ranking females will sometimes kidnap the infants of lower-ranking females. These kidnappings can result in the death of the infants, as the other female is usually not lactating. A young juvenile stays mainly with its mother and relatives. As male juveniles get older, they become more peripheral to the group. Here they play together, forming crucial bonds that may help them when they leave their natal group. Males that emigrate with a partner are more successful than those that leave alone. Young females, though, stay with the group and become incorporated into the matriline into which they were born.^[33]

Male crab-eating macaques groom females to increase the chance of mating. A female is more likely to engage in sexual activity with a male that has recently groomed her than with one that has not.^[34]

Diet

 

Long-tailed macaque and her young eating a banana in Mauritius

Despite its name, the crab-eating macaque typically does not consume crabs; rather, it is an opportunistic omnivore, eating a variety of animals and plants. Although fruits and seeds make up 60 - 90% of its diet, it also eat leaves, flowers, roots, and bark.^[11] It sometimes preys on vertebrates including bird chicks, nesting female birds, lizards, frogs, and fish, invertebrates, and bird eggs. In Indonesia, it has become a proficient swimmer and diver for crabs and other crustaceans in mangrove swamps.^{[citation needed]} In Bukit Timah, Singapore its diet consists of 44% fruit, 27% animal matter, 15% flowers and other plant matter, and 14% food provided by humans.^[35]

The crab-eating macaque exhibits particularly low tolerance for swallowing seeds. Despite its inability to digest seeds, many primates of similar size swallow large seeds, up to 25 mm (0.98 in), and simply defecate them whole. The crab-eating macaque, though, spits seeds out if they are larger than 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in). This decision to spit seeds is thought to be adaptive; it avoids filling the monkey's stomach with wasteful bulky seeds that cannot be used for energy.^[36] It also can help the plants by distributing seeds to new areas: Crab-eating macaques eat durians such as Durio graveolens and D. zibethinus, and are a major seed disperser for the latter species.^[37]

Although the crab-eating macaque is ecologically well-adapted and poses no threat to population stability of prey species in its native range, in areas where it is not native, it can pose a substantial threat to biodiversity.^[38] Some believe the crab-eating macaque is responsible for the extinction of forest birds by threatening critical breeding areas ^[39] as well as eating the eggs and chicks of endangered forest birds.^[18]

The crab-eating macaque can become a synanthrope, living off human resources. It feeds in cultivated fields on young dry rice, cassava leaves, rubber fruit, taro plants, coconuts, mangos, and other crops, often causing significant losses to local farmers. In villages, towns, and cities, it frequently takes food from garbage cans and refuse piles.^[7] It can become unafraid of humans in these conditions, which can lead to macaques directly taking food from people, both passively and aggressively.^[40][41]

Tool use

See also: Primate archaeology

 

Stone tool usage by crab-eating macaques in Laem Son National Park in Thailand

 

A crab-eating macaque using a stone as tool

In Thailand and Myanmar, crab-eating macaques use stone tools to open nuts, oysters and other bivalves, and various types of sea snails, nerites, muricids and trochids along the Andaman sea coast and offshore islands.^[12][42]

Another instance of tool use is washing and rubbing foods such as sweet potatoes, cassava roots, and papaya leaves before consumption. Crab-eating macaques either soak these foods in water or rub them through their hands as if to clean them. They also peel the sweet potatoes, using their incisors and canine teeth. Adolescents appear to acquire these behaviors by observational learning of older individuals.^[43]

Relationship with humans

 

A crab-eating macaque with a soda can at Bukit Timah, Singapore

 

A crab-eating macaque living in a human vicinity, with a stolen asthma inhaler

Crab-eating macaques extensively overlap with humans across their range in Southeast Asia. Consequently, they live together in many locations. Some of these areas are associated with religious sites and local customs, such as the temples of Bali in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia, while other areas are characterized by conflict as a result of habitat loss and competition over food and space.^[6] Humans and crab-eating macaques have shared environments since prehistoric times, and both tend to frequent forest and river edge habitats. Crab-eating macaques are occasionally used as a food source for some indigenous forest-dwelling peoples. In Mauritius, they are captured and sold to the pharmaceutical industry, and in Angaur and Palau, they are sold as pets.^[18] Macaques feed on sugarcane and other crops, affecting agriculture and livelihoods, and can be aggressive towards humans. Macaques may carry potentially fatal human diseases, including herpes B virus.^[18] In Singapore, they have adapted into the urban environment.^[44][45]

The macaques have also developed a reputation^[46] for actively stealing items from humans (cameras, eyeglasses, hats, etc.), then refusing to return their stolen goods until given food in return.^[47] This unique form of kleptoparasitism (known as "robbing and bartering") has primarily been observed in smaller groups of macaques living near Hindu temples and tourist-heavy areas, suggesting it is a learned behaviour within social groups, in response to realizing that humans would trade food for their possessions back.^[48]

In scientific research

M. fascicularis is also used extensively in medical experiments, in particular those connected with neuroscience and disease. Due to their close physiology, they can share infections with humans. Some cases of concern have been an isolated event of Reston ebolavirus found in a captive-bred population shipped to the US from the Philippines, which was later found to be a strain of Ebola that has no known pathological consequences in humans, unlike the African strains.^[6] Furthermore, they are a known carrier of monkey B virus (Herpesvirus simiae), a virus which has produced disease in some lab workers working mainly with rhesus macaques (M. mulatta).^[6] Nafovanny, the largest facility for the captive breeding of nonhuman primates in the world, houses 30,000 macaques .^{[citation needed]} Plasmodium knowlesi, which causes malaria in M. fascicularis, can also infect humans. A few cases have been documented in humans, but for how long humans have been getting infections of this malarial strain is unknown. It is, therefore, not possible to assess if this is a newly emerging health threat, or if just newly discovered due to improved malarial detection techniques.^[6] Given the long history of humans and macaques living together in Southeast Asia, it is likely the latter.

The use of crab-eating macaques and other nonhuman primates in experimentation is controversial with critics charging that the experiments are cruel, unnecessary and lead to dubious findings.^[49] One of the most well known examples of experiments on crab-eating macaques is the 1981 Silver Spring monkeys case.^[50]

In 2014, 21,768 crab-eating macaques were imported in the United States to be used in experimentation.^[51]

Conservation status

 

Female and juvenile crab-eating macaques at Djuanda Forest Park, West Java, Indonesia

The crab-eating macaque has the third-largest range of any primate species, behind only humans and rhesus macaques. The IUCN Red List categorizes the species as endangered,^[1] and CITES lists them as Appendix II.^[52] The species' IUCN status was changed in the summer of 2022 from the Least Concern classification in 2020 as a result of declining population resulting from hunting and troublesome interactions with humans, despite its wide range and ability to adapt to different habitats.^[1] These interactions include the skyrocketing demand for crab-eating macaques by the medical industry during the COVID-19 pandemic,^[1] and the rapid development of the landscape in Southeast Asia.^[1] A 2008 review of their populations suggested a need for better monitoring of populations due to increased wild trade and rising levels of human-macaque conflict, which continue to decrease overall population levels despite the species' wide distribution.^[53]

Each subspecies faces differing levels of threats, and too little information is available on some subspecies to assess their conditions. The M. f. umbrosa subspecies is likely of important biological significance and has been recommended as a candidate for protection in the Nicobar Islands, where its small, native population has been seriously fragmented,^[54] and is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.^[1] The Philippine long-tailed macaque (M. f. philippensis) is listed as near threatened, and M. f. condorensis is vulnerable.^[1] All other subspecies are listed as data deficient and need further study;^[1] although recent work is showing M. f. aurea and M. f. karimondjawae need increased protection.^[54] One concern for conservation is, in areas where M. fascicularis is not native, their populations need to be monitored and managed to reduce their impact on native flora and fauna.^[54]

Abuse scandal

In June 2023, BBC exposed a global online network of sadists who shared videos of baby long-tailed macaques being tortured by caretakers in Indonesia. There were many torture methods, from teasing the primates with baby bottles to killing them in blenders, sawing them in half, or cutting off their tails and limbs. Enthusiasts would pay for the caretakers to film videos torturing the macaques. Investigation has led to some prisons and police searches in both Indonesia and the United States, where many of the torture enthusiasts were located.^[55][56]

Genome

Genomic information

NCBI genome ID	776
Ploidy	diploid
Genome size	2,946.84 Mb
Number of chromosomes	21 pairs

The genome of the crab-eating macaque has been sequenced.

Clones

On 24 January 2018, scientists in China reported in the journal Cell the creation of two crab-eating macaque clones, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using the complex DNA transfer method that produced Dolly the sheep.^{[57][58][59][60][61]} This makes Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua the first primates to be cloned using the somatic cell nuclear transfer method.

See also

• Maggie the Macaque
• Prostitution among animals

References

1. Hansen, M.F.; Ang, A.; Trinh, T.; Sy, E.; Paramasiwam, S.; Ahmed, T.; Dimalibot, J.; Jones-Engel, L.; Ruppert, N.; Griffioen, C.; Lwin, N.; Phiapalath, P.; Gray, R.; Kite, S.; Doak, N.; Nijman, V.; Fuentes, A. & Gumert, M.D. (2022) [amended version of 2022 assessment]. "Macaca fascicularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T12551A221666136. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T12551A221666136.en.
2. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (Tenth ed.). Sumptibus Guilielmi Engelmann. p. 27.
3. Napier, P. H.; Groves, C. P. (1983). "Simia fascicularis Raffles, 1821 (Mammalia, Primates): request for the suppression under the plenary powers of Simia aygula Linnaeus, 1758, a senior synonym. Z.N.(S.) 2399". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 40 (2): 117–118. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
4. Smith, J. D. D. (2001). "Supplement 1986-2000" (PDF). Official List and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. p. 8. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
5. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Species Macaca fascicularis". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
6. Gumert, MD; Fuentes A; Jones-Engel, L. (2011). Monkeys on the Edge: Ecology and Management of Long-tailed Macaques and their Interface with Humans. Cambridge University Press.
7. Long, J. (2003). Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution, and Influence. Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-0643067141.
8. . Off the Fence. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
9. van Noordwijk, M.; van Schaik, C. (1999). "The Effects of Dominance Rank and Group Size on Female Lifetime Reproductive Success in Wild Long-tailed Macaques, Macaca fascicularis". Primates. 40 (1): 105–130. doi:10.1007/bf02557705. PMID 23179535.
10. de Ruiter, Jan; Geffen, E. (1998). "Relatedness of matrilines, dispersing males and social groups in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 265 (1391): 79–87. doi:10.1098/rspb.1998.0267. PMC 1688868. PMID 9474793.
11. Bonadio, C. (2000). "Macaca fascicularis". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
12. Gumert, M.D.; Kluck, M.; Malaivijitnond, S. (2009). "The physical characteristics and usage patterns of stone axe and pounding hammers used by long-tailed macaques in the Andaman Sea region of Thailand". American Journal of Primatology. 71 (7): 594–608. doi:10.1002/ajp.20694. PMID 19405083. S2CID 22384150.
13. Zimmer, Benjamin. "Makaku, macaco, macaque, macaca". Language Log. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
14. Raffles, Thomas Stamford (1821). "Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological Collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the Island of Sumatra and its Vicinity, under the Direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 13 (1): 246–247. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00064.x. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
15. Cawthon Lang, Kristina. "Primate Factsheets: Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". Primate Info Net. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
16. Aristophanes of Byzantium, Tῶν Ἀριστοτέλους περί ζώων ἐπιτομή. ΑΠΑΝΤΑ Ι, 2.59. ΚΑΚΤΟΣ 1998.
17. Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005). "Macaca fascicularis". Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
18. Carter, S. . Global Invasive Species Database. Invasive Species Specialist Group. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
19. Long, J. L. (2003). Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence. Collingwood, Australia: Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9780643099166.
20. Lowe, S. (PDF). Invasive Species Specialist Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
21. Bissessur, P.; Bunsy, Y.; Baider, C.; Florens, F.B.V. (2019). "Non-intrusive systematic study reveals mutualistic interactions between threatened island endemic species and points to more impactful conservation". Journal for Nature Conservation. 49: 108–117. Bibcode:2019JNatC..49..108B. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2019.04.002. S2CID 146069376.
22. Baider, C.; Florens, F.B.V. (2006). "Current decline of the Dodo Tree: a case of broken-down interactions with extinct species or the result of new interactions with alien invaders". In Laurance, W.F.; Peres, C.A. (eds.). Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests. Chicago University Press. pp. 199–214.
23. Reinegger, R.D.; Oleksy, R.Z.; Bissessur, P.; Naujeer, H.; Jones, G. (2021). "First come, first served: fruit availability to keystone bat species is potentially reduced by invasive macaques". Journal of Mammalogy. 102 (2): 428–439. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa182.
24. de Ruiter, J.; Hooff, J. v. & Scheffrahn, W. (1995). "Social and genetic aspects of paternity in wild Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)". Behaviour. 129 (3): 203–224. doi:10.1163/156853994x00613.
25. Schaik, C.; Noordwijk, M.; Boer, R. & Tonkelaar, I. (1983). "The effect of group size on time budgets and social behavior in wild long-tailed macaques". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 13 (3): 173–181. doi:10.1007/bf00299920. hdl:1874/7879. S2CID 25245908.
26. Lee, Z.H.; Ang, A. & Ruppert, N. (2021). "First record of interspecies grooming between Raffles' Banded Langur and Long-tailed Macaque". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (9): 19246–19253. doi:10.11609/jott.7510.13.9.19246-19253.
27. Cords, M. (1992). "Post-conflict reunions and reconciliation in long-tailed macaques". Animal Behaviour. 44: 57–61. doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80754-7. S2CID 53167513.
28. Hemelrijk, C. (1994). "Support for being groomed in long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis". Animal Behaviour. 48 (2): 479–481. doi:10.1006/anbe.1994.1264. S2CID 53188172.
29. Aureli, F. (1992). "Post-conflict behaviour among wild long-tailed macaques, (Macaca fascicularis)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 31 (5): 329–337. doi:10.1007/bf00177773. S2CID 37562141.
30. Das, M.; Penke, Z. & van Hoof, J. (1998). "Postconflict Affiliation and Stress-Related Behavior of Long-Tailed Macaque Aggressors". International Journal of Primatology. 19: 53–71. doi:10.1023/A:1020354826422. S2CID 39767373.
31. Kummer, H. & Cords, M. (1991). "Cues of ownership in long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis". Animal Behaviour. 42 (4): 529–549. doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80238-6. S2CID 53159191.
32. Schaub, H. (1996). "Testing Kin Altruism in Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a Food-sharing Experiment". International Journal of Primatology. 17 (3): 445–467. doi:10.1007/bf02736631. S2CID 44854799.
33. Cawthon Lang, K. > "Primate Factsheets: Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Behavior". Primate Info Net. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
34. Gumert, M. D. (2007). "Payment for sex in a macaque mating market". Animal Behaviour. 74 (6): 1655–1667. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.009. S2CID 9104008.
35. Lucas, P.W. "Long-tailed Macaques" (PDF). The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore (Supplement No. 3): 107–112. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
36. Corlett, R.T.; Lucas, P.W. (1990). "Alternative Seed-Handling Strategies in Primates: Seed-Spitting by Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)". Oecologia. 82 (2): 166–171. Bibcode:1990Oecol..82..166C. doi:10.1007/bf00323531. JSTOR 4219219. PMID 28312661. S2CID 23852012.
37. Nakashima, Y.; Lagan, P.; Kitayama, K. (2008). "A study of fruit–frugivore interactions in two species of durian (Durio, Bombacaceae) in Sabah, Malaysia". Biotropica. 40 (2): 255–258. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00335.x. OCLC 5155811169. S2CID 82212472.
38. Richer, N. "Wild Facts". Wild Fact #834 – The Perfect Gift – Crab-Eating Macaque. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
39. Hazan, T. "Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)". Introduced Species Summary Project. Columbia University. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
40. "Macaca fascicularis, Crab-eating macaque". Thai National Parks. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
41. "Crab-Eating Macaque (Macaca Fascicularis) | Incredible Facts". A-Z Animals. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
42. Luncz, L. V.; Svensson, M. S.; Haslam, M.; Malaivijitnond, S.; Proffitt, T.; Gumert, M. (2017). "Technological response of wild Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) to anthropogenic change". International Journal of Primatology. 38 (5): 872–880. doi:10.1007/s10764-017-9985-6. PMC 5629225. PMID 29056799.
43. Wheatley, B. (1988). "Cultural behavior and extractive foraging in Macaca fascicularis". Current Anthropology. 29 (3): 516–519. doi:10.1086/203670. JSTOR 2743474. S2CID 144046797.
44. "Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) at the Shores of Singapore". www.wildsingapore.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
45. "Monkey Musings: Respecting Singapore's Long-tailed Macaque". nparks.gov.sg. 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
46. Owens, Brian. "Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker". New Scientist. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
47. Leca, Jean-Baptiste. . Jean-Baptiste Leca, PhD. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
48. Brotcorne, Fany; Giraud, Gwennan; Gunst, Noëlle; Fuentes, Agustín; Wandia, I. Nengah; Beudels-Jamar, Roseline C.; Poncin, Pascal; Huynen, Marie-Claude; Leca, Jean-Baptiste (2017-10-01). "Intergroup variation in robbing and bartering by long-tailed macaques at Uluwatu Temple (Bali, Indonesia)". Primates. 58 (4): 505–516. doi:10.1007/s10329-017-0611-1. ISSN 0032-8332. PMID 28516338. S2CID 1250827.
49. Linzy, Andrew; Linzy, Clair (2015). Normalising the Unthinkable: The Ethics of Using Animals in Research. Working group of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
50. Blum, Deborah (13 October 1994). The Monkey Wars. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195094121.
51. . International Primate Protection League. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
52. CITES. Macaca fascicularis 2022] https://cites.org/eng/taxonomy/term/1132
53. Eudey, Ardith (2008). "The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) widespread and rapidly declining". Primate Conservation. 23: 129–132. doi:10.1896/052.023.0115.
54. Umapathy, G.; Singh M.; Mohnot, S.M. (2003). "Status and Distribution of Macaca fascicularis umbrosa in the Nicobar Islands, India". International Journal of Primatology. 24 (2): 281–293. doi:10.1023/A:1023045132009. S2CID 12851499.
55. Gunter, Joel; Henschke, Rebecca; Ajengrastri, Astudestra (20 June 2023). "Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed by BBC". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
56. Gunter, Joel; Henschke, Rebecca; Ajengrastri, Astudestra (20 June 2023). "Hunting the monkey torturers". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
57. Liu, Zhen; et al. (24 January 2018). "Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer". Cell. 172 (4): 881–887.e7. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.01.020. PMID 29395327.
58. Normile, Dennis (24 January 2018). "These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aat1066. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
59. Cyranoski, David (24 January 2018). "First monkeys cloned with technique that made Dolly the sheep - Chinese scientists create cloned primates that could revolutionize studies of human disease". Nature. 553 (7689): 387–388. Bibcode:2018Natur.553..387C. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-01027-z. PMID 29368720.
60. Briggs, Helen (24 January 2018). "First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
61. "Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys; Are Humans Up Next?". The New York Times. Associated Press. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

External links

 

Wikispecies has information related to Crab-eating Macaque.

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macaca fascicularis.

• Bonadio, C. 2000. "Macaca fascicularis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 10, 2006.
• Primate Info Net Macaca fascicularis Factsheet
• ISSG Database: Ecology of Macaca fascicularis
• Primate Info Net: Macaca fascicularis
• BBC Factfile on M. fascicularis
• , video produced by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection following an undercover investigation at a captive-breeding facility for long-tailed macaques in Vietnam.
• View the macFas5 genome assembly in the UCSC Genome Browser.