This is a male Tibetan Macaque, sometimes known as Milne-Edwards' or Chinese Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca thibetana). They are the largest species of Macaque and occur mainly in Eastern Tibet and Western China. He was watching over his harem of females when I took this and did not like me stopping to take his photo. Males can weigh up to 19.5kg but females are much smaller (9-13kg). An alpha male like this one usually only retains dominance over a harem for about a year before a challenger takes over. They are mainly vegetarian, eating bamboo, leaves, roots, grass, fruit, but they also eat insects. I took the photograph at about 2000m at Labahe, Sichuan, China.
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