Chinese Name: Bear Monkey Species Category: mammalia primates → → → Macaca monkeys Division Latin name: macaca assamensis English name: assam macaque Domestic Distribution: Yunnan, Tibet, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places. Foreign Distribution: This species is found in foreign countries India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, northern Burma, northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Level of protection: protection of animals at the national level China Red Data Book: v Alias: Rong monkey, mountain monkeys, monkey Himalayas, Assam monkey, monkey subjects are (macaca assamensis). English name assamese macagu]
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Habitat
Tropical, subtropical mountain forest. Their habits and habitats and inhabit other macaques some similarities, but bear habitat dwelling monkey is relatively high in the southeast of Tibet and northwestern Yunnan, dwelling habitats in 2500m above sea level and more so, more cold and distribution of latitude north. Bear macaque monkeys in the forest is more than happy tree activities. Activities of daily time in the trees was higher than the floor of leisure activities. Bear monkey population is relatively small, about 10 per group. For the diurnal animals, omnivorous, mostly in groups 20-30 only. Cry like a bark and slightly hoarse voice, temperament is not active like monkeys, but the speed is very fast distress to escape.
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Prey
Finger between the tree trunks and branches to capture prey or the removal of fruit.
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Feature
Bear macaque monkey slightly larger than the individual, male body weight 8-15 kg, body length 55-65 cm; female smaller, weighing 5-9 kg, body length 42-62 cm, tail length 17 to 23 cm. Body length 500-66o mm; tail length 170-230 mm, less than one body length m. Whole body brown, head with a "Trichinella", top hair from the center to the surrounding radiation; hair shoulder length hair over the back; tail hair fluffy. Face a long, snout prominent, face was flesh-colored. Can put their cuddly looks, body fat, such as bears, violent temperament, hence the name bears monkey. Primates in general is different from subcutaneous fat monkey bear more cold tolerance than other monkeys stronger. Fluffy brown body hair, the face was red meat. Compared with monkeys, its large head, long face, prominent snout. Head with a "hair spin" from the middle to the surrounding divergence, head, neck hair is pale yellow, with a bit of body hair, shiny, hairy around the hips. Tail drooping, its length nearly half the body length, thin brown hair.
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Move
Monkey bear the entire distribution of the total amount of not more than 30 million, of which over 20,000 only in protected areas, the value may be too optimistic. Bear monkeys in China's distribution area is relatively small, far less than the number of monkeys and macaques than the estimated number of about 8000.
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To risk factors
In China, the Monkey bears the main factor reducing the number of habitats, deforestation and destruction and poaching.
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Feeding of
A small number of monkeys in the country bears feeding and breeding, the female age of sexual maturity in about 4.5 years old, male about 3 years old, about 168 days of pregnancy, childbirth each year from March to July each year a child, every child an Aberdeen, raising life expectancy The longest recorded as 16 years. Bear monkey has been listed as grade Ⅰ our national key protected wild animals. Most species habitat in the Nature Reserve of Tibet and Yunnan and be well protected. Bear distribution in the monkey area, to strengthen wildlife protection law publicity and education, to stop the poaching of bears monkey.
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Feeding habits
Mainly wild fruits and plants, leaves of fresh branches for food, also eat some insects, amphibians and small birds. Living in the original broad-leaved forest, like flocks in the tall trees on the activities. Omnivorous, eating mainly plants, but also eat insects.
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Breeding
So far, the breeding habits of the wild monkey bears almost no research reports.