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title: "Lampongaap"
description: "Macaca nemestrina — Zoogdieren. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-pig-tailed-macaque
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lampongaap

> Macaca nemestrina — Zoogdieren. 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.

- Scientific name: *Macaca nemestrina*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2698
- Wikidata: [Q618026](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q618026)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43455](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43455)

## Names

- en: Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
- de: Südlicher Schweinsaffe
- es: Macaca Cola De Cerdo
- fr: Macaque à queue de cochon
- nl: Lampongaap
- pl: Makak orientalny

## Countries with the most observations

MY (2131), ID (341), TH (39), BN (7)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Lampongaap](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-pig-tailed-macaque/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75679479

## Machine access

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