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title: "Makak królewski"
description: "Macaca mulatta — Ssaki. The rhesus macaque, colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey in the Macaca genus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rhesus-macaque
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Makak królewski

> Macaca mulatta — Ssaki. The rhesus macaque, colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey in the Macaca genus.

- Scientific name: *Macaca mulatta*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 10801
- Wikidata: [Q156606](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156606)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43460](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43460)

## Names

- en: Rhesus Macaque
- de: Rhesusaffe
- es: Mono Resus
- fr: Macaque rhésus
- nl: Resusaap
- pt: Macaco-rhesus
- pl: Makak królewski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4183), HK (2009), CN (1043), NP (1007), VN (609), US (397), BD (132), MM (82), PK (80), TH (69), PR (14), BT (11)

## Summary

The rhesus macaque, colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey in the Macaca genus. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally brown or grey in colour, it is 47–53 cm (19–21 in) in length with a 20.7–22.9 cm (8.1–9.0 in) tail and weighs 5.3–7.7 kg (12–17 lb). It is native to South, Central, and Southeast Asia and has the widest geographic range of all non-human primates, occupying a great diversity of altitudes and habitats.

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

## Photo

![Makak królewski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rhesus-macaque/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246743255

## Machine access

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