Tibetan macaque

The Tibetan macaque, Macaca thibetana, is also known as Pere David's macaque, the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque. It is found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China, with reports from northeastern India, and it lives in subtropical forests at elevations of 800 to 2,500 m. It is the largest macaque and one of the largest monkeys of Asia; males commonly weigh 13 to 19.5 kg and females 9 to 13 kg, and the stump-like tail adds only 4 to 14 cm. The long, dense fur is brown on the back and creamy-buff to grey below, and adults carry a prominent pale beard and long whiskers around a nearly hairless face. It is diurnal and spends most of its time on the ground, favouring bamboo shoots, fruits and leaves. Mixed-sex groups have a strict hierarchy, females stay in their natal group for life and males leave after adolescence. There are four recognised subspecies.