Its name comes from its short, half-erect tails that resemble a pig's tail. These macaques are 47-60 cm long on average and weigh 4. They can live up to 26 years in the wild and 35 years in captivity. Pigtail macaques are sexually dimorphic with males measuring 495 to 564 mm (1. Temperatures change seasonally and vary. The southern pig-tailed macaque, also known as the Sundaland pig-tailed macaque and Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque found in rainforests up to 2,000 meters (6,600 ft) in Northeastern India, Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malayan Peninsula. A trained male monkey is able to pick about 1000-1500 coconuts a day, while a female monkey still collects about 600 coconuts a day! How do you recognize a healthy monkey?.
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