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Yawning Monkey

Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Bold, adaptable, and not shy about showing teeth — yawning is a common stress-relief or dominance signal, but those canines say “keep your distance” all on their own.

Abundant year-round in Hong Kong’s country parks, especially the Kam Shan and Shing Mun areas, where troops have thrived since a 1910s introduction.

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You shall not pass

Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

One of the most widespread primates on Earth, equally at home raiding temple offerings and holding ground on a hiking trail.

Abundant year-round in Hong Kong’s country parks, especially the Kam Shan and Shing Mun areas, where troops have thrived since a 1910s introduction.

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Grooming Macaques, Kam Shan (金山)

Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

One of the most widespread primates on Earth, rhesus macaques are highly social Old World monkeys whose mutual grooming reinforces troop bonds and hierarchy.

Around 1,800 wild rhesus macaques inhabit Hong Kong’s Kam Shan (金山) Country Park year-round, descendants of a population released in the 1910s that has thrived in the forested hills ever since.

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