pig-tailed macaque

American

[pig-teyld] / ˈpɪgˌteɪld /

Or pigtailed macaque

noun

a forest-dwelling southeast Asian macaque, Macaca nemestrina, having a short, curled tail, colonized for animal behavior studies.

Etymology

Origin of pig-tailed macaque

First recorded in 1930–35

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The team’s camera traps also photographed golden cat, sun bear, Malayan porcupine, Sumatran porcupine, wild pig and pig-tailed macaque, proving the area is bursting with threatened Sumatran mammals.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2017

France also blasted two pig-tailed macaque monkeys to suborbital space in 1967.

From Scientific American • Jan. 29, 2013

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