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Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition, 2003
Fruit and seeds, young leaves, flowers and buds, other plant parts, gums, grass, clover, sprouts, roots, bark, resin, animal prey (insects and vertebrates), fungus, raid crops/dumps; most species, little field work; M. radiata eat temple offerings
Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale, some 1 male + multifemale, group size 5-50; M. silenus: rarely on ground, but swim, as do many macaques
Long-tailed or crab-eating macaque, or cynomolgus monkey
Pig-tailed macaque
Celebes or crested black macaque
Toque macaque
Fruit 67% (2-100%); flowers and buds 3% (0-68%); leaves 12% (1-62%); bark, roots, pith and other 6% (0-73%); grass 1%; fungi, resins and other 2%; prey items 11% (0-46%); M. fascicularis’ diet at one site was 51% temple offerings
Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale, group size 10-90 individuals
M. fascicularis, M. sinica: 1.5-5.7 kg females, 3.9-8.39 kg males; M. nemestrina, M. nigra: 3.5-10.9 kg females, 6.2-14.5 kg males
Fruit 47% (0-100%); flowers 5% (0-40%); leaves 22% (0-94%); herb/grass 6% (0-65%); roots, bark, twigs, and other 13% (0-95%); fungi, resins, and other 1% (0-18%); prey 9% (0-50%); winter diets high in seeds in cedar forest, high in winter buds in other habitats
Diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial, multimale/ multifemale group size 40-194 individuals
Fruit 24% (0-70%); flowers 5% (0-40%); leaves 47% (2-99%); bark, pith, roots, and other 11% (0-34%); herbs or grass 9%, (0-56%); fungi or sap 1%; prey 6% (0-66%); in some sites, M. sylvanus feed heavily on acorns and cedar leaves, cones, and cambium; M. mulatta eat temple offerings
Diurnal, multimale/ multifemale; M. sylvanus: group size 12-59 individuals; M. mulatta: group size 10-200 individuals
M. sylvanus: 10.2-11.2 kg females, 15.3-17.0 kg males; M. mulatta: 3.0-10.9 kg females, 5.08-10.9 kg males
Reproductive plant parts 35% (10-59%), ground-layer foods 22% (11-33%), leaves and other vegetative parts 43% (30-56%), prey not quantified; fed by humans near temples