MAMMAL MONDAY #16

MAMMAL MONDAY# 16

We’re back! We hope everyone had a lovely holiday! We sure did! We’re starting out this week with a primate! Don’t know what a primate is? Well if you can read this- than you’re probably a primate J! Primates include lemurs, monkeys and apes and people are apes! Neat, huh? Today’s mammal is a monkey and a pretty cute one too. Are you ready to meet them?

MEET THE CELEBES MACAQUE!

Range/Habitat: Southeast Asia-North Sulawesi/rainforest

Diet: Omnivore: fruit (up to 70% of their diet), seeds, bird eggs

Length/Weight: 20-22 ½”/up to 22lb

Conservation Status: critically endangered

Fun Facts:

• Celebes Macaques are all black with hairless faces.
• They have crests on their heads. They look like they have mohawks J!
• Celebes macaques live in troupes of up to 50 individuals with 3 to 4 dominate males.
• Celebes macaques are also called black crested macaques.
• They spend most of their day on the ground looking for food.
• They spend their nights in trees.

These funny looking monkeys are very curious and awesome. A photographer recently had an encounter with them in the wild where they took photos of themselves! Pretty smart!

Read all about that here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/04/shutter-happy-monkey-photographer