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crab-eating macaque
(redirected from Long-tailed macaque)

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Noun1.crab-eating macaque - monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippinescrab-eating macaque - monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines
macaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa


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