But that near-miss hasn’t sapped animal welfare groups’ enthusiasm. They’re still trying other strategies to shut down the sale of long-tailed macaques to researchers.

The Macaques That Love Crabs The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), also known as the long-tailed macaque, is a unique primate found throughout South Asia.

The long-tailed macaque and pig-tailed macaque are now endangered in the wild according to the IUCN Red List, which says exports for monkey research are partially to blame.

The upcoming project could further intensify such interactions, suggested Ramakrishna, who has worked on the long-tailed macaque in Great Nicobar.

DHAKA — Experts point to habitat loss from a wide range of factors as the main reason the long-tailed macaque, one of the most widely distributed monkey species in the world, has gone extinct ...

Long-tailed macaques are seen inside cages, after they were captured to be transferred for a sterilisation procedure, as officials start capturing monkeys in Lopburi, Thailand, May 24, 2024.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo is celebrating the arrival of four new babies to its troop of long-tailed macaques. Mae, Gemma, Bea and Emerald — or Emmie for short — were born in May, just weeks ...

In a pair of Endangered Species Act petitions filed Monday, PETA and its allies asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the long-tailed macaque and the southern pig-tailed macaque as ...

A macaque in Cambodia. Earlier this year, long-tailed macaques and pig-tailed macaques were listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Anton L. Delgado ...

The group said the Nicobar long-tailed macaques, also known as crab-eating macaques, “exhibit an incapability to tolerate high temperature and humidity”, which could worsen with deforestation ...