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Photo title: Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) on a tree : (pix Sanjiv Shukla)
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Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. They are covered in black fur, and have a striking gray or silver mane that surrounds their face which can be found in both sexes. The face itself is hairless and black. They are named not for their mane, but for their tail, which is long, thin, and naked, with a lion-like, black tail tuft at the tip. Eyes are a shade of hazelnut with highlighting black eyelids. It ranks among the smaller macaques species.

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