Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) male

Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) - Baby Feeding

Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta)

rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

About Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Mammals
Order: Primates
Family: Old World Monkeys

The rhesus macaque, colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally brown or grey in colour, it is 47–53 cm (19–21 in) in length with a 20.7–22.9 cm (8.1–9.0 in) tail and weighs 5.3–7.7 kg (12–17 lb). It is native to South, Central, and Southeast Asia and has the widest geographic range of all non-human primates, occupying a great diversity of altitudes and habitats.

Source: Wikipedia