Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

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Macaca nemestrina

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque, a reference photo
Photo: Mvshreeram · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), also known as the Sundaland pig-tailed macaque and the Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque that lives in Sundaland, southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is known locally as beruk.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Southern Pig-tailed Macaque being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Macaca
Species
Macaca nemestrina

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