crab eating macaque vs Japanese Macaque

Macaca fascicularis compared with Macaca fuscata

Key Differences

• crab eating macaque is Endangered while Japanese Macaque is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	crab eating macaque	Japanese Macaque
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Primates (Primates)	Primates (Primates)
Family same	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus same	Macaca	Macaca
Species	Macaca fascicularis	Macaca fuscata

Evolutionary Relationship

crab eating macaque and Japanese Macaque share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Macaca.

Conservation Status

crab eating macaque

EN — Endangered

Japanese Macaque

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	crab eating macaque	Japanese Macaque
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

crab eating macaque

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius), Asia (China, Japan, Malaysia), Europe (Norway), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Japanese Macaque

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

crab eating macaque

crab eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. At high risk of extinction in the wild, with significant population decline and ongoing threats to survival.