Northern pig-tailed macaque

Northern pig-tailed macaque[1]
	M. leonina female with baby in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Macaca
Species:	M. leonina
Binomial name
	Macaca leonina; (Blyth, 1863)
	Northern pig-tailed macaque range

The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a species of macaque in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, M. leonina was considered a subspecies of the southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina), but is now classified as individual species.[3]

In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country.[4] Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Aruanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.[5] A detailed report on the ecology and behaviour of northern pig-tailed macaque has been published in 2008.[6] Like its southern cousin it is used for harvesting coconuts in Thailand.

Gallery

Male adult in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Female adult at a monkey school on Ko Lanta Yai, Thailand
Female adult at Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, India
Pet juvenile grooming household chicken on Khong Island, Laos

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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
Boonratana, R.; Das, J.; Yongcheng, L.; Htun, S. & Timmins, R. J. (2008). "Macaca leonina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T39792A10257933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T39792A10257933.en.
"Taxonomy of Macaca leonina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 26 April 2018.old-form url
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): 279-91.

External links

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[msw3-1] 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. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-2] Boonratana, R.; Das, J.; Yongcheng, L.; Htun, S. & Timmins, R. J. (2008). "Macaca leonina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T39792A10257933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T39792A10257933.en.

[IUCN_taxonomy_page-3] "Taxonomy of Macaca leonina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 26 April 2018.old-form url

[4] Choudhury, A.U. (1988) Priority ratings for conservation of Indian primates. Oryx 22: 89-94.

[5] Choudhury, A. U. (2003) The pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina in India - status and conservation. Primate Conservation 19: 91-94.

[6] 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): 279-91.