| Booted macaque[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. ochreata |
| Binomial name | |
| Macaca ochreata (Ogilby, 1841) |
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| Booted Macaque range | |
The booted macaque (Macaca ochreata) is a macaque of the Sulawesi island, Indonesia. This Old World monkey is diurnal and spends most of the day in the trees.
It is 50–59 cm long plus a tail of 35–40 cm.
The booted macaque feeds on figs, buds, invertebrates and cereals.
Two subspecies of the Booted Macaque are recognized:[1]
Outside of their native Indonesia, the booted macaque is found only at the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo in Thurmont, Maryland. A family of booted macaques have been residents there since the 1960s, and are already into their fourth generation in captivity.