Muna-Buton macaque

The Muna-Buton macaque (Macaca ochreata brunnescens) is a diurnal, tree-dwelling macaque found only on the two small islands of Buton and Muna off the south-eastern coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is treated as a subspecies of the booted macaque and was first described by the German zoologist Paul Matschie in 1901. Its fur is mostly black, with a brownish-grey mane that fans out around the face and hides the ears, and lighter boot-like patches on the limbs. It is slightly smaller than the booted macaques of mainland Sulawesi, with a narrower head and a tail of only about 35 millimetres. It lives in small social groups without a strict hierarchy, eats fruit (over 60 percent of its diet) along with leaves, insects, flowers and bark, and is a very successful crop-raider. The IUCN Red List classifies it as vulnerable.