Arunachal macaque: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Arunachal macaque lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Macaca munzala
Group	Monkeys
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the Arunachal macaque live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Arunachal macaque in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Arunachal macaque endangered?

The Arunachal macaque’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Arunachal macaque?

The Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Macaca. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Arunachal macaque

The Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala) is a macaque native to Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan, China and India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

It was scientifically described in 2005.

It is a relatively large brown primate with a comparatively short tail.

Its species name comes from mun zala, meaning deep forest (mun) monkey (monkey), as it is called by the Monpa people of West Kameng and Tawang.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Arunachal macaque (revision 1373727408), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q716628 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).