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, Granta Books, published 2013, 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
• Category:Macaca fuscata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons