Northern pig-tailed macaque
| Northern pig-tailed macaque[1] | |
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| M. leonina female with baby in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. leonina
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| 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 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
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Mother with infant in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
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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.
- ^ 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.
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