Lion-tailed macaque  (Macaca silenus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Cercopithecidae
Genus Macaca (1)
Size Male head-and-body length: 51 – 61 cm (2)
Female head-and-body length: 42 – 46 cm (2)
Male tail length: 24 – 39 cm (2)
Female tail length: 25 – 32 cm (2)
Male weight: 5 – 10 kg (2)
Female weight: 2 – 6 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN - B1+2c, C2a) on the IUCN Red List 2002 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3).