📸 PhotoPhoto: Popolon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Tibetan Macaque
Macaca thibetana (Tibetan Macaque · チベットモンキー)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A male's maximum weight of 18.3 kg is slightly lighter than a single 20 kg bag of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 Its head-and-body length of 71 cm is slightly shorter than a long umbrella (Comparison).
- 💡 Troops near Mount Huangshan filled 14.4% of their diet with bamboo shoots, an ingredient also eaten at our own tables.
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 Tibetan Macaque lives in mountain forests of southern China and is the largest monkey among the macaques.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Males have a head-and-body length of 61–71 cm and weigh 14.2–18.3 kg, while females measure 51–63 cm and weigh 9–13 kg.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A study of a low-mountain troop near Mount Huangshan found that it ate 111 plant species, led by fruits (52.5%), mature leaves (17.0%), and bamboo shoots (14.4%).
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List NT (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12562/17948236
- • IUCN Red List category NT — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000624
- • iucnredlist.org — 17948236
- • wikidata.org — Q854566
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Emei shan.jinding.Old Tibetan macaque.jpg
- • j-monkey.jp — BIR20 e.html
- • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — PMC9532248
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Matthew Schmitz · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Macaca mulatta)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.