The Tonkean black macaque or Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) is a primate of the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to central Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands in Indonesia. Its diet is composed mostly of fruit, so it counts as frugivorous, and it eats ripe fruit of the fig and mulberry family in particular. The species is threatened by habitat loss, and widespread mining in central Sulawesi is believed to be worsening that loss. Social life in the Tonkean macaque has been studied for its dominance hierarchy, which stays relatively stable over the years, and in aggressive encounters the individual that flees is treated as the loser, even though only about half the time is the one that flees the one that was originally threatened.
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Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Classification
ThreatsEnergy Production and Mining 1 Living or Extinct Connections
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Source Tonkean macaque (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinctQuote, Lead, living or extinct
It is endemic to central Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands in Indonesia.
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Diet
The Tonkean macaque's diet is composed of mostly fruit, making it frugivorous.
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Widespread mining in central Sulawesi is believed to exacerbating the problems of habitat loss.
Lead, living or extinct
It is endemic to central Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands in Indonesia.
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View the Source2. AnAge (Human Ageing Genomic Resources): Tonkean macaque
AnAge (Human Ageing Genomic Resources)Life history traits (averages): Adult weight
11,950 g
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits: Maximum longevity
28.4 years (captivity)
View the Source 3. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row Macaca tonkeana: Row for the species, Activity-Diurnal columnQuote, Row Macaca tonkeana: Row for the species, Activity-Diurnal column
702 Macaca tonkeana Cercopithecidae 10 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 20 40 Ref_1 ABC S A 0 0 1 Ref_1 ABC 9000 Ref_117 1
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