Crab-eating monkey - Crab-eating monkey

Japanese: カニクイザル(蟹食猿) - カニクイザル（英語表記）crab‐eating monkey

An Old World monkey (illustration) of the Cercopithecidae family of primates. It is found in areas from the Indochina Peninsula to Indonesia and the Philippines, and mainly lives in lowland forests along the coast and riverbanks. There are considerable regional differences and it is divided into many subspecies. It was named after its crab-eating habit, but in the wild it mainly eats fruits and insects, and does not have a preference for crabs alone. It has a head and body length of 50 to 60 cm, a tail length of 40 to 50 cm, and weighs 4 to 6 kg. Its coat color varies widely, from gray-brown to reddish brown.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

霊長目オナガザル科の旧世界ザル（イラスト）。インドシナ半島からインドネシア，フィリピンにかけて分布し，主として海岸や川岸の低地林に生息する。地方差がかなり見られ多くの亜種に分けられる。カニを食べる習性よりその名がつけられたが，野生状態では果実，昆虫などを主食としており，とくにカニだけを好むということはない。頭胴長50～60cm，尾長40～50cmで，体重は4～6kgに達する。毛色は灰褐色から赤褐色まで変異が大きい。

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