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title: "Tibetan Macaque"
description: "Macaca thibetana — Mammiferi. The Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as Père David's Macaque, the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tibetan-macaque
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tibetan Macaque

> Macaca thibetana — Mammiferi. The Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as Père David's Macaque, the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China.

- Scientific name: *Macaca thibetana*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 750
- Wikidata: [Q854566](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854566)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43451](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43451)

## Names

- en: Tibetan Macaque
- de: Tibetmakak
- es: Macaca Del Tibet
- fr: Macaque du Thibet
- nl: Tibetaanse makaak
- pl: Makak tybetański

## Countries with the most observations

CN (672)

## Summary

The Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), also known as Père David's Macaque, the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China. It has also been reported in northeastern India. This species lives in subtropical forests (mixed deciduous to evergreen) at elevations from 800 to 2,500 m (2,600 to 8,200 ft) above sea level.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_macaque

## Photo

![Tibetan Macaque](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tibetan-macaque/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288412906

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tibetan-macaque?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).