Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
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Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Macaca nemestrina

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
60–70% · Likely
overall probability at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
220 Verified records at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), also known as the Sundaland pig-tailed macaque and the Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque that lives in Sundaland, southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is known locally as beruk. Wikipedia →

60–70% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 220 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

Crab-eating Macaque
EN Endemic

Crab-eating Macaque

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Macaca fascicularis

70–80% · Very likely
Proboscis Monkey
EN Endemic

Proboscis Monkey

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Nasalis larvatus

80–90% · Very likely
Silvered Leaf Monkey
VU

Silvered Leaf Monkey

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Trachypithecus cristatus

60–70% · Likely
Maroon Leaf Monkey
VU Endemic

Maroon Leaf Monkey

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Presbytis rubicunda

30–40% · Possible
Saban Grizzled Langur
EN

Saban Grizzled Langur

Mammal

Presbytis sabana

Insufficient data
Bornean Orangutan
CR Endemic

Bornean Orangutan

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Pongo pygmaeus

60–70% · Likely
Horsfield's Tarsier
VU

Horsfield's Tarsier

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Cephalopachus bancanus

20–30% · Possible
Philippine Slow Loris
VU

Philippine Slow Loris

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Nycticebus menagensis

20–30% · With luck
North Bornean Gray Gibbon
EN

North Bornean Gray Gibbon

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Hylobates funereus

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
50–60
Feb
60–70
Mar
50–60
Apr
70–80
May
50–60
Jun
60–70
Jul
60–70
Aug
60–70
Sep
70–80
Oct
70–80
Nov
60–70
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
60–70%
2 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
30–40%
3 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
4 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
5 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
7 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

About 64% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 220 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Southern Pig-tailed Macaque in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Pig-tailed Macaque in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.

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