Crab-eating Macaque
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| Species: | M. fascicularis
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| Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821
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The Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is a monkey. It is mostly native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the Cynomolgus Monkey, Philippine Monkey and the Long-tailed Macaque.
In 2018, scientists in China cloned the crab-eating macaque. They named the two baby monkeys Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.[2]
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Wikinews has news related to this article: Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Ong, P. & Richardson, M. (2008). "Macaca fuscicularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 January 2009.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ↑ White-house, David (14 January 2000). "Scientists 'clone' monkey". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
