Northern pig-tailed macaque
| Northern pig-tailed macaque[1] | |
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| Female northern pig-tailed macaque with baby in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. leonina |
| Binomial name | |
| Macaca leonina (Blyth, 1863) | |
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| Northern pig-tailed macaque range | |
The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, it has been considered a subspecies of M. nemestrina. In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country.[3] Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Aruanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.[4] A detailed report on the ecology and behaviour of northern pig-tailed macaque has been published recently.[5]
Gallery
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Northern pig-tailed macaque, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
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Macaque in Khao Yai National Park
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Macaque at a monkey school on Ko Lanta Yai
References
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ Boonratana, R., Das, J., Yongcheng, L., Htun, S. & Timmins, R. J. (2008). Macaca leonina. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ Choudhury, A.U. (1988) Priority ratings for conservation of Indian primates. Oryx 22: 89-94.
- ↑ Choudhury, A.U. (2003) The pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina in India - status and conservation. Primate Conservation 19:91-94.
- ↑ Choudhury, A.U. (2008) Ecology and behaviour of the pigtailed macaque Macaca nemestrina leonina in some forests of Assam in North-East India. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 105 (3): 279- 291.
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