Japanese Macaque

In Japan, the species is known as Nihonzaru (ニホンザル, a combination of Nihon (日本) "Japan" + saru (猿) "monkey") to distinguish it from other primates

These macaques are smaller, stockier, have black hands and feet, and have a thicker gray coat than Japanese macaques, which inhabit Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan. Compared to babies and juveniles, adults have darker fur. Male adults have a unique characteristic known as "momoware" (split peach), which causes their hair to part in the middle from right to left.

Playing with snowballs or mudballs and sharing hot spring baths are two further odd activities of the Yakushima macaque. Additionally, recent studies have shown that Japanese macaques are capable of learning dialects that differ from both human and other accents. In places that are only a few hundred kilometers apart, macaques may make calls with a wide range of pitches.

The food available for the monkeys are based on certain factors such as temperature and availability. Feeding on young leaves, seeds, and flowers was affected more by availability, while feeding on fruits, mature leaves, and fallen seeds was affected more by temperature. Feeding on insects is strongly correlated with temperature,perhaps because availability of insects increased with temperature. The predators of this subspecies were tiger, tanuki, snakes, sharks, black bears, and eagles.

Reproduction

Females bear a single offspring between March and May, every two years.

It is rumored that Yakushima macaque are aggressive toward humans and dangerous to handle, as well as nasty toward conspecifics, making them challenging to introduce to other macaques of the same species. Troop size is generally less than 50 individuals.

This species is present in Japan on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and the islands of Awaji, Shodo, Yaku, Kinkazan (Miyagi Prefecture), Kojima (Miyazaki Prefecture) and others. It was previously found on Tane Island, where it is now extinct.

In 1972, a troop of approximately 150 Japanese macaques was relocated from Kyoto to a primate observatory in southwest Texas, United States. The observatory is an enclosed ranch-style environment and the macaques have been allowed to roam with minimal human interference. At first, many perished in the unfamiliar habitat, which consists of arid brushland.

• Movement Pattern: Random

• Individual Type: Nomadic/Troop

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: 2,000-3,850

• Locomotion: Terrestrial

• Habitat: Polar; Tundra; Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests, Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Mountain; Warm River; Cold River; Lukewarm River; Subterranean River; Pond; Ghost Town.

• Earth: 

  • Extant (Resident): Japan

  • Extant & Introduced: United States (Texas) 

At first, these guys are passive and tame and can be given any type of berry. (Any sweet berries are recommended.) Do not run up to its face.

In the past in Yakushima, when food supplies for macaques became short, the monkeys would encroach on human habitation and damage crops; 400–500 Yakushima macaques were caught and exterminated every year due to the damage done to the Ponkan and Tankan orange crops, for which Yakushima is especially noted.

In The Recollections of Queen Arianna events, the Japanese and Yakushima macaques survived mass extinction, and 600 Yakushima macaques were caught and exterminated every year due to the damage done to attacking Maoris, Hawaiians, Koreans, and others in Japanese-settled Oceania countries.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_Japanese_culture

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Yakushima-Macaque-980511070