Formosan rock macaque

Weight

6 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

21.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

163 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.52 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.885src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

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Not recorded

The formosan rock macaque is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyCercopithecidae
6. genusMacaca
7. SpeciesMacaca cyclopis (Swinhoe, 1863)

Synonyms Macaca affinis, Macacus affinis, Macacus cyclopis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Rhesus macaque

Macaca mulatta

Cercopithecidae

EN, Endangered

Barbary macaque

Macaca sylvanus

Cercopithecidae

LC, Least Concern

Japanese macaque

Macaca fuscata

Cercopithecidae

EN, Endangered

Crab-eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Cercopithecidae

EN, Endangered

Lion-tailed macaque

Macaca silenus

Cercopithecidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Celebes crested macaque

Macaca nigra

Cercopithecidae

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@misc{formosan_rock_macaque_2026,
  title = {Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/formosan-rock-macaque},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}