Booted Macaque

Taxobox
name = Booted Macaque
status = VU
trend = unknown
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Macaca"
species = "M. ochreata"
binomial = "Macaca ochreata"
binomial_authority = (Ogilby, 1841)

The Booted Macaque ("Macaca ochreata") is a macaque of the Sulawesi island, Indonesia. This Old World monkey is diurnal and spends most of the day in the trees.

It is 50-59 cm long plus a tail of 35-40 cm.

The Booted Macaque feeds on figs, buds, inverbrates and cereals.

Two subspecies of the Booted Macaque are recognized:
* "Macaca ochreata ochreata"
* Muna-Buton Macaque, "Macaca ochreata brunnescens"

References

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