Scientific name:
Macaca fascicularis

Natural spread:
rear-India, Indonesia, Philippines

the German name for the Javaneraffen is in this respect misleads, as this Makak in numerous, after colorings of distinguished races of the golf from Bengal from over a wide area of the indomalayischen island-world spreads, therefore not on Java is limited.

Shape It is about langschwänzige (50 cm of tail-length), moderate-sized monkeys with lengths until at most 60 cm and olivfarbenem fur, that free marking bald stains on the vertex. From these bald-places, dense hair moves in to eyebrows, ears and neck. With some races, cowlicks or small mop of hair-formations are found on the front-head so that the approximately 20 subtypes from island to island properly deceased can look.

Nutrition Besides plant-fruits, leaves and shoots, the Javaneraffe takes also the animal Beikost usual with almost all monkey in the homestead from small-mammals, squabs, lizards, frogs and insects to itself. Because of its preference for water and its distinctive one swimming, and diving-arts, it dives with open eyes - crabs are a popular food with it. its English name Crabeater (crab-eaters) emphasizes this peculiarity rightly, that often drives the Javaneraffen into the mangrove-forests of the beach and the big estuaries.

Reproduction The Tragzeit lasts approximately 180 days, and the monthly rule-bleeding all females takes place about this median value 28 days with the small fluctuations usual with all primates. The buttocks-swelling in the genital-area increases in this rhythm and from and is the invitation-signal for the strongest man of the group to the copulation. As soon as a female approaches the end of its periodic swelling, it is replaced with another, with which still has its relating to this climax before itself and can be mated by the male so. Such females attain a high position near the high-ranking male during these days and are mated daily with several times. Females can still bear with 17 years of children and can still experience its period with 19 years. The boys become reproductive-capable with 3-5 years.

Continuance Javaneraffen still are quite frequent and widespread.