A snow monkey observed in bath at Jigokudani Onsen, Nagano, Japan.
A wild snow monkey baby in Nagano, Japan.
The Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata), also known as the Snow Monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species native to Japan, although an introduced free-ranging population has been living near Laredo, Texas since 1972. It is the most northern-living as well as the most polar-living non-human primate. In Japan, they were historically known as saru ("monkey"). Nihonzaru is used in modern times to distinguish from other primates. Individuals have brown-gray fur, a red face, and a...
