The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque found in South Asia. In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country.[] Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Aruanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. []

Stump-tailed macaque[]
ស្ថានភាពអភិរក្ស
Scientific classification
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M. arctoides
Binomial name
Macaca arctoides
(I. Geoffroy, 1831)
Stump-tailed macaque range
(blue — native, red — introduced, orange — possibly extinct)
សមនាម
  • brunneus (Anderson, 1871)
  • harmandi (Trouessart, 1897)
  • melanotus (Ogilby, 1839)
  • melli (Matschie, 1912)
  • rufescens (Anderson, 1872)
  • speciosus (Murie, 1875)
  • ursinus (Gervais, 1854)

It is primarily frugivorous, but eats many types of vegetation, such as seeds, leaves and roots, but also hunts freshwater crabs, frogs, bird eggs and insects.[]


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