Macaca mulatta | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Macaca mulatta | (Zimmermann, 1780)
Macaca mulatta | Zimmermann, 1780
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327682
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Rhesus Macaque
Banor
Bandor
RRL Synonyms
Cercopithecus mulatta Zimmermann, 1780; Simia (Cercopithecus) fulvus Kerr, 1792; Macaca (Pithex) nipalensis Hodgson, 1840; Macaca (Pithex) oinops Hodgson, 1840; Macaca mulatta vestita Milne-Edwards, 1892; Macaca mulatta villosa (True, 1894); Macaca siamic
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
This species has been revised by Fooden (2000), who regards M. mulatta as monotypic. The molecular differences among the M. mulatta populations in Bangladesh have been identified but not qualified for any subspecies (Feeroz et al. 2008, Hasan et al. 2014)
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
It is known from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Viet Nam (Timmins 2008). All forested and some non- forested habitats as well as in and around 18 human settlements. This is the only primate species found in the Sundarbans (Feeroz 2001, Hasan et al. 2013, Khan 2015).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species lives in a variety of habitats including forests and human altered areas (Hasan et al. 2013). Terrestrial, arboreal, frugivorous, folivorous, partly carnivorous, consuming small animals. Matrilinial group dominated by an alpha male with sub-dominant males and preferentially dominant females among the female ranks. It is at home both in trees, man-made structures and over land (Khan 1987).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment rationale/justification
Though this species has a wide distribution in forested areas and also in some human settlements, its population is declining. Total number of mature individuals is less than 10000 and number of mature individuals in each subpopulation is less than 1000. So, it fulfills the criteria for threatened category Vulnerable.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://iucnredlistbd.org/
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Vulnerable in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Macaca mulatta Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Cercopithecidae Macaca
Macaca mulatta Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Cercopithecidae Macaca