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lion-tailed macaque
lion-tailed macaque L5200600 (lī′ən-tāld′)n. A monkey (Macaca silenus) of south-central Asia, having a glossy black coat and a ruff of gray hair around the face. Also called wanderoo.
[So called because its tail is tufted at the end like a lion's. ]Lion-Tailed Macaque
Lion-Tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus), also wanderoo, a monkey having a body length of approximately 55 cm and a tail length of 25–35 cm. The dense hair is blackish or dark brown; the face is black and framed by a ruff of long grayish brown hairs, which form a light beard. The ruff is less pronounced in females than in males. The tail ends in downy tuft, similar to that of the baboon. The lion-tailed macaque inhabits the dense mountain forests of southwestern India. It lives in troops of about 20 individuals, usually in tall trees. ThesaurusSeelion |