Tail has a slight tuft at the tip. Endangered due to habitat shrinkage and an inability to adapt to encroaching successional habitats. Breeding occurs all year round. Single young are born after 6 months gestation and become adult at four years of age. Lion-tailed macaques live in troops of varying size.
Males lead and maintain discipline, live within a more well defined dominance order than females.
They are diurnal. Related Websites Lion-tailed macaques are at home on the ground, but they also like to swim. They have large cheek pouches in which to carry extra food. Can be bad tempered as adults. This term is based on a misunderstanding because it refers to a leaf monkey species living on Ceylon.