Japanese macaque

English

Japanese macaque

Noun

Japanese macaque (plural Japanese macaques)

A species of macaque, Macaca fuscata, native to Japan. [from 19th c.]
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 152:
  Japanese macaques have long red faces and eyes that are close-set like those of George W. Bush.

Synonyms

Japanese monkey
snow monkey

Translations

Macaca fuscata

Belarusian: япо́нскі мака́к m (japónski makák)
Czech: makak japonský m, makak červenolící m
Esperanto: japana makako
Finnish: japaninmakaki
French: macaque japonais
German: Japanmakak m
Italian: macaco giapponese m

Japanese: 日本猿 (ja), ニホンザル (ja) (Nihonzaru)
Korean: 일본원숭이 (ilbonwonsung-i)
Lithuanian: japoninė makaka f
Polish: makak japoński (pl) m
Portuguese: macaco-japonês m
Russian: япо́нский мака́к m (japónskij makák)

Further reading

Japanese macaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Macaca fuscata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Macaca fuscata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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