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  Moor Macaque (Macaca maura)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The average body mass for an adult male moor macaque is between 9 and 10 kilograms, and for the female it is around 5 kilograms.
The moor macaque is found on the islands of Sulawesi which is part of the country of Indonesia.
The moor macaque is a quadrupedal species (Fleagle, 1988).
www.theprimata.com /macaca_maura.html   (301 words)

  
  Moor Macaque - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Moor Macaque (Macaca maura) has brown/fl body fur with a pale rump patch and pink bare skin on the rump.
The Moor Macaque is endangered mostly due to habitat loss from an expanding human population and deforestation to increase agricultural land area.
Because several Sulawesi macaque species are endangered, information on ecology and behaviour is essential and now that we know more about all of the Macaque species including the Moor Macaque, conservation management plans are being designed.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Moor_Macaque   (151 words)

  
 Moor Macaque (Macaca maura)
The average body mass for an adult male moor macaque is between 9 and 10 kilograms, and for the female it is around 5 kilograms.
The moor macaque is found on the islands of Sulawesi which is part of the country of Indonesia.
The moor macaque is a quadrupedal species (Fleagle, 1988).
members.tripod.com /uakari/macaca_maura.html   (293 words)

  
 Black ape - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
BLACK APE, a sooty, fl, short-tailed, and long-faced representative of the macaques, inhabiting the island of Celebes, and generally regarded as forming a genus by itself, under the name of Cynopithecus niger, but sometimes relegated to the rank of a subgenus of Macacus.
The nostrils open obliquely at some distance from the end of the snout, and the head carries a crest of long hair.
There are several local races, one of which was long regarded as a separate species under the name of the Moor macaque, Macacus maurus.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Black_ape   (98 words)

  
 Macaque Monkeys
Macaques live in many different habitats across the globe, making them the most widely distributed genus of nonhuman primates.
Macaques (especially Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis) are commonly used in research—most recently in AIDS research.
Macaques are native to Asia and Northern Africa, but thousands are housed in research facilities, zoos, wildlife or amusement parks, and are kept as pets in private homes throughout the world.
www.gsu.edu /~wwwvir/VirusInfo/macaque.html   (134 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Celebes moor macaque
This is a misnomer, as macaques are monkeys, and not apes.
Celebes moor macaques have a lifespan of 28 years.
Celebes moor macaques have brown to dark brown/fl body fur.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/222.shtml   (160 words)

  
 Macaque
Nineteen macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the Rhesus Macaque (as the Rhesus Monkey), Macaca mulatta, and the Barbary Macaque (as the Barbary Ape), M.
Although several species lack tails, and their common names therefore refer to them as apes, these are true monkeys, with no relationship to the great apes in family Hominidae or the lesser apes in family Hylobatidae.
Most scientists are in agreement that it is more likely to be Natasha having to adapt to pain walking on all fours caused by her illness or brain damage.
www.knowledgefun.com /book/m/ma/macaque.html   (270 words)

  
 Hotspots, Chapter 7
The moor macaque and the drill are two species that have all, or most, of these specializations.
Like the uakari monkey, mature macaque males have a network of large, sponge like, cavernous vessels just under the surface of the skin on the forehead and scalp, that can be flooded with blood under the stimulus of certain emotions.
The stump tailed macaque monkey has a well-developed sebaceous (oil) gland system on the same areas of the face and the forepart of the scalp as man does.
employees.csbsju.edu /lmealey/hotspots/Chapter07.htm   (3081 words)

  
 Audubon Magazine
The roughly 20 species of macaques, ranging from North Africa to Japan, include some of the world’s better-known monkeys, among them the photogenic Japanese macaque, or “snow monkey,” that hangs around volcanic hot springs in winter, covered in hoarfrost.
Three species are flagged as endangered on the IUCN Red List: India’s lion-tailed macaque, with its silver-white mane; the little-known moor macaque from Indonesia; and Josh’s tribe.
The good news is that there is still a booming population of crested macaques on a distant island where they were introduced in 1867.
www.audubonmagazine.org /onepicture/onepicture0703.html   (227 words)

  
 Resources on Moor Macaque academic institutions
ADW: Macaca maura: Classification: Macaca maura (Moor macaque).
The moor macaque and the drill are two species that have
ARTFL Project: Webster Dictionary, 1913: Moor monkey (Zoöl.), the fl macaque of Borneo (Macacus maurus).
www.mongabay.org /conservation/MR/Moor_Macaque.htm   (452 words)

  
 Photo List (Living Mammals)
Macaca arctoides stump-tailed (or bear) macaque (1) (pictures of cranium)
Macaca sylvanus Barbary macaque, Barbary (or rock) ape (1)
Macaca thibetana Pere David's (or Tibetan stump-tailed) macaque (1) (pictures of cranium)
macro.dokkyomed.ac.jp /mammal/en/living   (665 words)

  
 Resources on Booted Macaque academic institutions
Macaque Monkeys: Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata), Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata), Booted Macaque
ADW: Macaca ochreata: Classification: Macaca ochreata (booted macaque).
Previous Animal Research Benefits: Evidence of the virus in the blood cells of macaques dropped 50-fold and its...
mongabay.org /conservation/Booted_Macaque.htm   (173 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "moor macaques": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Macaque Societies: A Model for the Study of Social Organization (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Bernard Thierry (Editor), Mewa Singh (Editor), Werner Kaumanns (Editor)
Relaxed dominance relations among female Moor macaques (Macaca maurus) in their natural habitat, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Petit, O. & Thierry, B. Affiliative function of the silent bared-teeth display in moor macaques (Macaca maurus): further evidence for the particular status of Sulawesi macaques.
www.amazon.com /phrase/moor-macaques   (511 words)

  
 Animals with Scientific Names beginning with the letter M
Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821) (Crab-eating Macaque, Long-tailed Macaque)
Macaca fascicularis philippinensis (Philippine Long-tailed Macaque, Crab-eating Macaque, Long-tailed Macaque)
Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) (Rhesus Macaque, Rhesus Monkey)
zipcodezoo.com /Animals/SNM.asp   (644 words)

  
 Zoology -- Old World Monkeys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Macaque or Snow Monkey -- [ *wisc
-- Yakushima Island Macaque -- [ *mkoi ]
-- Barbary Ape or Macaque -- [ *wisc
www.origins.tv /darwin/zoo/oldmonk.htm   (667 words)

  
 [No title]
Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.
A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.
Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.
rabbit.eng.miami.edu /class/dict/M.txt   (16861 words)

  
 Macaque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crab-eating macaque eating an ice-cream popsicle at Prang Sam Yot, Lopburi, Thailand
Celebes Crested Macaque or Black "Ape", Macaca nigra
Crab-eating Macaque or Long-tailed Macaque or Kera, Macaca fascicularis
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macaque   (308 words)

  
 Resources on Assam Macaque academic institutions
An Ecological and Behavioral Study of the Pig-Tailed Macaque.
:...of Asia and Africa; as, Macaca maurus, the moor macaque
:...grommet Hiatt loblolly dichotomy snipe wit Pauline macaque bemuse densitometer...
mongabay.org /conservation/Assam_Macaque.htm   (442 words)

  
 Old World Monkeys (Catarrhini): Mammals
Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) - Text and Images.
Celebes Macaque (Macaca nigra) - Text and Image.
Moor Macaque (Macaca maura) - Text and Image.
www.infochembio.ethz.ch /links/en/zool_saeuget_affenalt.html   (518 words)

  
 Mammals: Cercopithecidae
Macaca arctoides (I. Geoffroy, 1831) - Stump-tailed Macaque
Macaca nigra (Desmarest, 1822) - Celebes Crested Macaque
Macaca radiata (E. Geoffroy, 1812) - Bonnet Macaque
www.phthiraptera.org /Mammals/Cercopithecidae.html   (338 words)

  
 Moor Macaque - educational resources
You can submit additional web links for the Moor Macaque using the form below.
Primate Info Net: The Life Spans of Nonhuman Primates:...(1) Macaca fuscata (Japanese Macaque) 33 yrs.
Contact me to correct errors, submit additional links, or make comments on the Moor Macaque page.
animals.mongabay.com /iucn/M/Moor_Macaque.html   (125 words)

  
 Mabolo, Mac, Macaco, Macacus, Macadamization, Macadamize, Macadamized, Macadamizing, Macao, Macaque : Vocabulary : ...
Mabolo : A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies.
Macadamize : To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
Macaque : Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
www.sanjeev.net /vocabulary/m/m-0002.html   (171 words)

  
 Skatty's Primate Page
Cercopithecidaes are most of the Old World monkeys which include Baboons [ba-'bün], Mangabeys ['ma[ng]-gand-(")bE], Mandrills ['man-drandl], Guenons ['gwe-nandn], Macaques [mand-'kak], Patas Monkeys, as well as a few others are all African primates, although Macaques also live in Asia and Gibraltar.
The Cercopithecidae are broken into two subfamilies, the Cercopithecinae include Baboons, Mangabeys, Mandrills, Guenons, Macaques, Patas Monkeys (as well as several others).
They also have also have unusually long intestines that increase the absorption of nutrients.
primates.jinun.com /cerc.shtml   (175 words)

  
 Macaque Information
There are 23 informational link matches for 'Macaque'.
Celebes moor macaque: Facts and Pictures Read More
Crested fl macaque: Facts and Pictures Read More
www.junglewalk.com /info/macaque-information.htm   (96 words)

  
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The rhesus monkey of South Asia; used in medical research.
An Indian macaque with a bonnetlike tuft of hair.
The Barbary ape, a tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of Northwest Africa and Gibralter.
www.ibiblio.org /webster/xml_files/gcide_m.xml   (7089 words)

  
 A Newer World » Blog Archive » Is George Allen a Racist?–Redux   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
And go watch the video of Allen’s remarks and tell me he is not being racist.
Celebes Crested Macaque or Black “Ape”;, Macaca nigra
Where is the Accountability for the Iraqi Civil War?”
anewerworld.org /?p=676   (443 words)

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