Stump-tailed Macaque
Macaca arctoides
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyCercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
- GenusMacaca (Macaques)
- SpeciesMacaca arctoides (Stump-tailed Macaque)
The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, they can be found south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. The range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. These monkeys are primarily frugivorous but eat many types of vegetation, including seeds, leaves, and roots. They also hunt freshwater crabs, frogs, bird eggs and insects. Wikipedia →
30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Stump-tailed Macaque sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park, based on 126 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kaeng Krachan National Park
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Macaca leonina
Crab-eating Macaque
Macaca fascicularis
Dusky Leaf-monkey
Trachypithecus obscurus
Robinson’s Banded Langur
Presbytis robinsoni
Lar Gibbon
Hylobates lar
Bengal Slow Loris
Nycticebus bengalensis
Sunda Slow Loris
Nycticebus coucang
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Stump-tailed Macaque in Kaeng Krachan National Park?
About 37% of wildlife watchers report a Stump-tailed Macaque sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park, based on 126 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Stump-tailed Macaque in Kaeng Krachan National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Stump-tailed Macaque in Kaeng Krachan National Park in our monthly data.