Siberut macaque

The Siberut Macaque (Macaca Siberu ) is a primate of the species of macaques within the family Cercopithecidae ( Cercopithecidae ). Sometimes he is with the Pagai macaque Macaca as pagensis Siberu to a common type ( Mentawai macaque ) summarized.

Siberut macaque macaques are all built as relatively robust. The coat is dark colored, flashy is a white Backenbehaarung. The tail is like the closely related pig-tailed macaques only a short stub.

These animals live exclusively on the Indonesian island of Siberut, which belongs to the nearby Mentawai Islands off Sumatra. Their habitat is primarily the mangrove and swampy rain forests of the island.

Little is known about the way of life. They are like all macaques diurnal and talk to each other on the trees and on the ground. They live in groups and feed mainly on fruits.

Also, due to its small distribution area ( their home island covers only about 4,000 km ²) including Siberut macaques of the most threatened members of their species. The destruction of their habitat has led to the kind IUCN is considered " critically endangered ".