Where Are the Lion Tailed Monkey Found?
The Lion-Tailed Macaque, Macaca Silenus (Linnaeus, 1758), Is Endemic to the Western Ghats in Southern India, and Is Endangered (Kumar Et Al. 2008). It Is a...
The lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus (Linnaeus, 1758), is endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India, and is Endangered (Kumar et al. 2008). It is a habitat specialist, restricted to the evergreen forests of the Ghats (Singh et al. 1997).
Where are the lion-tailed monkeys found in India?
Habitat. In the wild, lion-tailed macaques are only native to India. There, they live in the Western Ghats hills and mountains of southwestern India, where they live in tropical rainforests and on elevated mountainsides.
In which state is the lion-tailed macaque found?
Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), a primate endemic to small and severely fragmented rainforests of the Western Ghats in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, continues to be in the 'endangered' category in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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