Gorontalo macaque

Weight

7.66 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

33.9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Frugivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

34 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

176 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.67 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.7src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

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Not recorded

The gorontalo macaque is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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 nigrescens (Temminck, 1849)

Synonyms Papio nigrescens

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

CompareGorontalo macaque vs Rhesus macaqueGorontalo macaque vs Barbary macaqueGorontalo macaque vs Japanese macaqueGorontalo macaque vs Crab-eating macaque

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@misc{gorontalo_macaque_2026,
  title = {Gorontalo macaque (Macaca nigrescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorontalo-macaque},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}