Japanese macaque

Japanese macaque

English

Japanese macaque

Noun

Japanese macaque (plural Japanese macaques)

1. 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