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Rhesus macaque

Macaca mulatta

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Field Notes

Description:

A rhesus macaque enjoying a banana snack on the ghats in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. These macaques are a common sighting in the urban landscape of India.

Habitat:

Grasslands to arid and forested areas, and human settlements. Native to northern India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Afghanistan, Vietnam, southern China, and some neighboring areas.

Notes:

Has given its name to the Rhesus factor, one of the elements of a person's blood group

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Rhesus macaque

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Comments (14)
DanielePralong
A belated thanks for your comment Luc. Seeing monkeys in the wild, even (especially!) in urbanized environments, is definitely special. Now these macaques may look "friendly" but they can be quite aggressive. Living close to humans has taught them that they can snatch their lunch from your bag...
LucBertrand
Wow! It is one of my dreams, travel to see monkeys in the wild. Without cages :)) Very nice picture , he look like friendly :)
Ashish
Actually Alice and Carolina helped me out lot in Indian Monkey knowledge..
DanielePralong
Thanks for your comment Emma. Makes sense with the corrected typo!
HemaShah
A mom with RH -ve has a heard time in carrying her pregnancy thru,though thanks to modern med ,things are diff!
DanielePralong
Alice I think Ashish answered your question. And I learned something!
Ashish
You have perfect info.
alicelongmartin
Is it true that Monkeys open a banana from the blossom end and not the stem end?
Ashish
Actually I liked this snap. It wisely preserved precious fruit to eat later what is Apple. Everywhere Apple is too costly than a Banana across the world. These monkeys are not less talented than a Human.
DanielePralong
I'm afraid I don't have a full body view with the tail for this one individual Ashish, but I'll look into my archives to try and find another one.
Ashish
My request..add full body view of monkey including its tail, if you have..!!
Ashish
Daniele..Thanks for sharing..!!

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PublishedJune 12, 2011

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