Philippine long-tailed macaque Philippine long-tailed macaque The Philippine long-tailed macaque ("Macaca fascicularis philippensis") is a subspecies of the crab-eating macaque, known in various Philippine languages as "matching"/"matsing" or the more general term "unggoy" ("monkey"). It is endemic in the Philippine forests and woodlands, but especially in the mangrove forests of western central Philippines— particularly in Palawan, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The names "M. f. philippinensis" or even "M. f. philippinenesis" have also been used, but arise from orthographical error. The Philippine long-tailed macaque has a reddish-brown coat. Its tail has an average length of 50 cm to 60 cm. It can reach a
Nicobar long-tailed macaque territory measures some on average. The Nicobar long-tailed macaque is a frugivore, with its principal diet consisting of fruits and nuts. In common with other crab-eating macaques it turns to other sources of food—typically in the dry and early rainy tropical seasons—when the preferred fruits are unavailable. This alternate diet includes young leaves, insects, flowers, seeds, and bark; it is also known to eat small crabs, frogs and other creatures taken from the shorelines and mangroves when foraging in these environments. Macaque populations which live in areas close to human settlements and farms frequently raid the croplands for food, and