Snow Monkey
by Eva Lechner
Title
Snow Monkey
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Eva Lechner
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Photograph - Photograph-fine Art
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The Japanese macaque (/məˈkɑːk/;[3] Macaca fuscata), also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan. They get their name "snow monkey" because they live in areas where snow covers the ground for months each year – no other nonhuman primate is more northern-living, nor lives in a colder climate.[4][5] Individuals have brown-grey fur, red faces, and short tails. Two subspecies are known.[6]
In Japan, the species is known as Nihonzaru (Nihon 日本 "Japan" + saru 猿 "monkey") to distinguish it from other primates, but the Japanese macaque is very familiar in Japan, so when Japanese people simply say saru, they usually have in mind the Japanese macaque.
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