After about 18 months of study, the federal agency determined that neither the long-tailed macaque nor the southern pig-tailed macaque qualify for listing as threatened or endangered.

image: Female southern pig-tailed macaque with infant. view more . Credit: Anna Holzner. Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant ...

Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to a new study. In ...

In a pair of Endangered Species Act petitions filed Monday, PETA and its allies asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the long-tailed macaque and the southern pig-tailed macaque as ...

For the new study, Holzner, along with co-author Nadine Ruppert from Universiti Sains Malaysia and their colleagues, studied the behavior of two groups of southern pig-tailed macaques living in ...

Jan. 8, 2024 — Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to ...

The southern pig-tailed macaques were typically thought to chow down on fruit, only occasionally hunting meaty prey — and generally only small lizards and birds. However, ...

The southern pig-tailed macaques were typically thought to chow down on fruit. READ MORE ON FOXNEWS.COM. They would also hunt for meaty prey sometimes, but generally only small lizards and birds.

In fact, her team reports that regular visits of pig-tailed macaques in Malaysia's oil palm plantations could reduce crop damage from 10% to less than 3%, corresponding to a yield increase equal ...