Lapunders or pig-tailed macaques are the largest representatives of the genus of macaques. The weight of an adult male lapunder is 10-14 kg, the weight of a female is noticeably less - 5-11 kg. The face of these monkeys is naked, without fur. Lapunders are also called pig - tailed for a short tail bent up with a length of 16-25 cm . They live in Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Thailand, on the Malacca Peninsula, on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, in China, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. They live in low-mountain and high-mountain forests.
The natural habitat of Japanese macaques, which are the northernmost monkeys in the world, is located in the north of Honshu Island. Japanese macaques live in all types of forests — from subtropical to mountainous, where they feed on leaves, fruits, plant roots, as well as insects, small vertebrates and bird eggs. They even catch crustaceans, shellfish and fish in reservoirs. In the north of Japan, where snow can lie up to four months a year, and the average winter temperature is -5 ° C, monkeys spend frosts in hot springs.
This is the most common and numerous monkey from the genus of Macaques. They live in the forests of Southeast and Central Asia. In recent decades, when people are actively cutting down forests - the original habitats of rhesus monkeys and other monkeys, they successfully populate cities and cultural landscapes. Macaques often roam the cities of India counting on handouts from people, because in this country such monkeys are considered sacred animals.
