Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
Pig-tailed Macaque
The Southern Pig-tailed Macaque is native to southern Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The similar-looking Northern Pig-tailed Macaque is native from Assam, India through Bangladesh to Vietnam apparently overlapping the range in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia.
Pig-tailed Macaque
Pig-tailed Macaque
Pig-tailed Macaque
They live in hierarchical groups led by a dominant female, with female hierarchy depending on relationship to the leader. The males' role is defence and breeding, with hierarchy decided by strength.