Macaque (Noun)
Meaning
Short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Gibraltar macaque is a well-known long-established population of the species on the European Iberian Peninsula.
- In parts of Bangladesh and India, the rhesus macaque is often seen as a pest and considered a sacred animal by the local people.
- The stump-tailed macaque resides in the southern ranges of the Gangetic plains and the hills south of this river.
- Rhesus macaque females usually give birth after a gestation period of 165 days approximately, following mating.
- In 2004, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society found that near human settlements on the island of Angaur in Palau, a population of long-tailed macaques switched from its primarily insectivorous diet to one that consisted mainly of coconuts.