Muna-Buton macaque
| Muna-Buton macaque | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | M. o. brunnescens
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| Trinomial name | |
| Macaca ochreata brunnescens (Matschie, 1901)
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The Muna-Buton macaque (Macaca ochreata brunnescens) is a macaque sub-species found in the Indonesian archipelago of Sulawesi. It is found on two small islands off the south-east coast–Buton and Muna. This Old World monkey is diurnal and arboreal. It is black with boot like patches of skin. It is classified as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.