What is Japanese macaque?
{{Taxobox | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Watanabe, K & Tokita, K.|year=2008|id=12552|title=Macaca fuscata|downloaded=4 January 2009}}</ref> | trend = unknown | image = Macaca fuscata fuscata1.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Old World monkey|Cercopithecidae]] | genus = ''[[Macaque|Macaca]]'' | binomial = ''Macaca fuscata'' | range_map = Japanese Macaque area.svg | range_map_caption = Japanese macaque range | subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]] | subdivision = ''Macaca fuscata fuscata''<br> ''Macaca fuscata yakui''}} The '''Japanese [[macaque]]''' (''Macaca fuscata''), also known as the '''snow monkey''', is a monkey that lives in the high mountains of the island of [[Honshū]] in [[Japan]]. They live in below-zero temperatures, and they like to warm themselves and relax in hot springs. ==Diet== Macaques eat fruit, flowers, seeds, [[bark]], [[Leaf|leaves]], [[shrimp]], and [[insect]]s.<ref> Blue Planet, Level 5 by Dinorah Pous P.64 </ref> ==Weight and physical appearance== Macaques weigh around 12 kilograms and can grow up to 70cm. They have short tails. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Macaca fuscata|Japanese macaque}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Old World monkeys]] [[Category:Mammals of Japan]]