Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Where to see

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Macaca nemestrina

Gunung Leuser National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~60%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~50%
3 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
4 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
5 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
6 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque?

Gunung Leuser National Park

In Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque?

Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary and more

After Gunung Leuser National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque are in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 50%), Sepilok (Malaysia, about 40%) and Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 40%).

When is the best time to see a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May and June in Gunung Leuser National Park (about 80%), November in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 70%) and June in Sepilok (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque on a given day. Each park's Southern Pig-tailed Macaque page has the full month-by-month chart.