- Moor macaque
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Moor macaque[1] 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Macaca Species: M. maura Binomial name Macaca maura
(H.R. Schinz, 1825)
Moor Macaque range The moor macaque (Macaca maura) is a macaque with brown/black body fur with a pale rump patch and pink bare skin on the rump. It is about 50-58.5 cm and eats figs, bamboo seeds, buds, sprouts, invertebrates and cereals in tropical rainforests. It is sometimes called "dog-ape" because of its dog-like muzzles, although they are no more closely related to apes than any other Old World monkey is. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The moor macaque is endangered mostly due to habitat loss from an expanding human population and deforestation to increase agricultural land area. It is estimated that only 1000 moor macaques are left in Sulawesi.[citation needed] Because several Sulawesi macaque species are endangered, information on ecology and behaviour is essential and conservation management plans are being designed.
References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 162-163. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100550.
- ^ Supriatna, J., Shekelle, M. & Burton, J. (2008). Macaca maura. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.
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