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title: "Northern Pig-tailed Macaque"
description: "Macaca leonina — Ssaki. The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a vulnerable species of macaque in the subfamily Cercopithecidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-pig-tailed-macaque
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

> Macaca leonina — Ssaki. The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a vulnerable species of macaque in the subfamily Cercopithecidae.

- Scientific name: *Macaca leonina*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 2363
- Wikidata: [Q913765](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913765)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74532](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74532)

## Names

- en: Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
- de: Nördlicher Schweinsaffe
- es: Macaco cola de cerdo norteño
- fr: Macaque de Birmanie
- nl: Leeuwmakaak

## Countries with the most observations

TH (1697), KH (209), VN (177), IN (55), BD (46), MM (27)

## Summary

The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a vulnerable species of macaque in the subfamily Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, M. leonina was considered a subspecies of the southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina), but is now classified as an individual species. In the 21st century, the pig-tailed macaque was split into the northern pig-tailed macaque species Macaca leonina and the Sundaland pig-tailed macaque species M. nemestrina. This reclassification was aided by the observation of sexual swellings and basic attributes…

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

## Photo

![Northern Pig-tailed Macaque](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-pig-tailed-macaque/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196263161

## Machine access

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