Tibetan macaque

Weight

9 kg – 12.2 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

28.1 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

30 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Gestation

175 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

3.98 years – 5.75 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.605src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The tibetan macaque is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

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 thibetana (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)

Synonyms Lyssodes speciosus thibetanus, Macaca pullus, Macaca speciosa thibetana, Macaca thibetana esau, Macaca thibetana guiahouensis, Macaca thibetana guizhouensis, Macaca thibetana huangshanensis, Macaca thibetana thibetana, Macacus arctoides esau, Macacus arctoides thibetanus, Macacus thibetanus, Pithecus pullus, Pithecus thibetanum

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

CompareTibetan macaque vs Rhesus macaqueTibetan macaque vs Barbary macaqueTibetan macaque vs Japanese macaqueTibetan macaque vs Crab-eating macaque

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@misc{tibetan_macaque_2026,
  title = {Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tibetan-macaque},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}