crab-eating macaque
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The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is a species of macaque native to Southeast Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines. Macaques are a genus of gregarious Old World monkeys, with most species found in Asia, except for the Barbary macaque in North Africa.12
These robust primates have arms and legs of similar length and doglike muzzles. Their tails can vary in length depending on the species. Crab-eating macaques are among the smaller macaque species, with males weighing around 5.5 kg. They are known to sometimes feed on marine crustaceans and shellfish, and are often used in medical research, notably in the development of the polio vaccine and in cloning studies.21
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