📸 PhotoPhoto: Yann Forget · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Rhesus Macaque
Macaca mulatta (Rhesus Macaque · アカゲザル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 12 kg equals the weight of six 2 L water bottles (Comparison).
- 💡 In northern Indian cities, small groups accustomed to living alongside humans can be found (ADW habitat).
- 💡 Curious and active, it is a popular zoo animal and one of the monkeys most widely used in biological, medical, and psychological research (ADW positive impacts).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Rhesus Macaque is a highly adaptable macaque living across a wide range of habitats, from hot desert-like areas to snowy Himalayan mountains and human cities.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
A relatively small monkey, it has grizzled-brown fur on the back and a slightly paler belly. Adults have red faces and rumps.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
An omnivore that eats roots, herbs, fruits, insects, crops, and small animals with a diet that changes by season, it enjoys water, swims well, and forms groups of up to 200 individuals.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12554/256057746
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000612
- • iucnredlist.org — 256057746
- • wikidata.org — Q156606
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Female and juvenile rhesus macaque at Galtaji, Jaipur,
- • animaldiversity.org — Macaca mulatta
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Matthew Schmitz · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.