The Japanese Macaque
The Japanese Macaque is also known as the "Snow Monkey."
They live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year --- it is the only primate who is 'northern-living' and who lives in a colder climate.
The fur of these Macaques can vary among shades of brown from grey or yellow brown to exclusively brown. They have a pinkish face and posterior with a short stump of a tail.
The female spends more time in the trees and the male spends more time on the ground. Both are excellent swimmers and can swim distances of over half a kilometer.
The fur is a unique adaptation to the cold, as the fur thickness increases as the temperature decreases and this monkey can cope with winter temperatures as low as -20o (-4oF).
This Macaque is not a picky eater and will eat a variety of foods which includes over 213 species of plant.
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