Tibetan macaque: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Tibetan macaque live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Tibetan macaque in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to People's Republic of China. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Guangdong.

China

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 Tibetan macaque endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Tibetan macaque?

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

About the Tibetan macaque

The Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as Père David's Macaque, the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China. It has also been reported in northeastern India. This species lives in subtropical forests (mixed deciduous to evergreen) at elevations from 800 to 2,500 m (2,600 to 8,200 ft) above sea level.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tibetan macaque (revision 1344003478), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q854566 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).