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The pig's monkey (Macaca nemestrina) is a Primatenart from the macaques genus within the family of the Sea Cat's relatives (Cercopithecidae). In distinction to Northern pork monkeys will also Southern pork monkey.


Dissemination
Pork monkeys live in Southeast Asia, its distribution area is on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo (Indonesia).

Description
Pork monkeys owe their name to the schweineartigen tail. Their coat is short and at the top olivbraun or greyish coloured, the underside is whitish. At the front, they have at the top of a dark cap, the cheeks and white beard hair can be dyed. Haarloses Your face is dark. They reached a head fuselage length of 50 to 80 centimetres and a weight of 5 to 15 kilograms and is thus one of the larger Makakenarten. As with most animals, their species, the males about one-third larger than females. The short, about 15 to 25 centimeters long tail, they geringelt forward.

Warming
Pork monkeys are diurnal forest dwellers, both in the rain forest and other forests tiefgelegenen happen. Are you looking primarily on the ground for food, but withdrew at risk and the night's rest in the trees. They are quieter than other monkeys, possibly on the forest floor to avoid attention. Like all macaques live in groups consisting of more females than males. Male animals have in reaching sexual maturity of their group and are sometimes pure short-male groups. Within the group, there is a strong hierarchy, höhergestellte animals generally enjoy advantages in the food intake and the mutual skin care. A dominant alpha male leads the group.


Nutrition
Pork monkeys feed primarily on fruit. In addition, they take other plant material such as leaves, nuts, mushrooms, but also insects and small vertebrates to themselves.

Reproduction
The males mating with as many females from the group as possible, and the willingness of the female contraceptive is supported by a strong rule swelling. After a roughly six-month gestation comes mostly a single pup to the world. Cling to young animals after birth to the belly of the mother and are weaned about a year. The sexual maturity reach them with three to four years. The life expectancy of pork monkeys is over 20 years, people in custody for up to 30 years.

Pork apes and humans
Pork monkeys are partly as a laboratory and research animals, but to a lesser extent than those related rhesus and Javaneraffen. In the wake of the space in the 1960s several of these animals into space shot. The hunting and the destruction of their habitat are now the main threat to the pig's monkeys, so by the IUCN listed as endangered.

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