Macaca mulatta: body length 51-63 cm. It is a typical macaque genus, and is mainly characterized by a short tail and buccal sac.
The body is thick, with an average body length of about 50 cm, their forelimbs are about the same length as the hind limbs, the thumb can be opposed to the other four fingers, the grip is flexible, the forehead is low, and there is a protruding ridge. The head is brown , the back is brownish grey or brownish yellow , the lower part is orange yellow or orange-red , and the ventral surface is pale grayish yellow.
It inhabits a wide range of grasslands and swamps. It inhabits dense forests or sparsely forested rocky mountains on rocky mountain cliffs, valleys by streams and banks of rivers.
It feeds on leaves, young shoots, wild vegetables, etc., but also eats birds, bird eggs, various insects, and preys on other small animals.
Various sounds or gestures are made when they are connected to each other, and combing each other's hair is also an important social activity.
In real life, every group of monkeys has a monkey king. The monkey king was born from the "election" of many excellent male monkeys.
Therefore, the monkey king's tail is often cocked high to show its noble status, while other monkeys do not dare to their tails casually.
Like the US presidential election, the Monkey King is also "re-elected" every 4 years and can also be re-elected. The throne of the monkey is created by fierce struggle and fighting between the strong.
When the term of office of each Monkey King is about to expire, those male monkeys who feel that they have competitive strength are eager to try, their tails in front of the Monkey King, challenge the Monkey King, and then fight with the Monkey King, if you defeat the Monkey King, and then compete with other challengers, after a life-and-death battle, the final winner is the new Monkey King.
The defeated monkeys were covered in blood and limped limbs. The monkey king who is ousted from power is often expelled from the monkey group and becomes a lone monkey and wanders around, which shows the cruelty in the competition of the monkey king.
During the reign of the Monkey King, it was very imposing, and the monkeys must obey the orders of the Monkey King, must not disobey, and if there is something delicious, the Monkey King must always eat it first.
The reason why the monkeys are desperately vying for the throne is because the monkey king enjoys privileges in the monkey group.
The monkey king not only eats more and occupies more, but also enjoys the privilege of "polygamy", most of the adult female monkeys are its "princesses", so the monkey king is "three palaces and six courtyards, and the wives and concubines are flocked".
In China, it is mainly distributed in the southern provinces (regions), with More distribution in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, followed by Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, and also distributed in local locations such as Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Qinghai and Tibet.