Taxon name
Macaca arctoides
(Geoffroy, 1831)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Macaca arctoides
(Geoffroy, 1831)
Common name(s)
Stump-tailed Macaque, Stumptail Macaque, Bear Macaque, Choto-leji Banor, Khato-leji Banor
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Geoffroy, 1831)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Macacus arctoides I. Geoffroy, 1831; Macaca melanotus (Ogilby, 1839); Macaca ursinus (Gervais, 1854); Macaca brunneus (Anderson, 1871); Macaca rufescens (Anderson, 1872); Macaca speciosus (Murie, 1875); Macaca harmandi (Trouessart, 1897); Macaca melli (Ma
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Bangladesh
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
Listed as Data Deficient because there is no recent sighting report and its present status in Bangladesh is not known.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Farid Ahsan
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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/
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
It occurs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. It is introduced to Hong Kong and Mexico. No recent sighting report is available but assumed to be present in the forests of Bangladesh adjacent to Tripura, Nagaland and Mizoram of India, and Myanmar (Khan 1982a, 1982b, 1985, 1987a, 1987b). Old record says its presence in the forests of Cox's Bazar and may be present in Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet (Ahsan 1984) because it is found in the bordering regions of Myanmar and India (Fooden 1976, Green 1978, Srivastava 1999).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Its habitat is restricted to certain moist deciduous forests and mixed evergreen forests of the east, northeast and southeast. In other countries it prefers evergreen forests of several kinds (Htun et al. 2008, Srivastava and Mohnot 2001). Stump-tailed Macaque is diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial in habit. It is an omnivore (Fooden 1990, Srivastava 1999). It lives in muti-male multi-female group varies geographically from 5-60 (Fooden, 1990). Females reach sexual maturity at about 4 years. Most of the mating occurs in October and November in the wild (Brereton 1994). Gestation period is about six months. Females begin to produce offspring between 4.5 and 5 years and reproduce until about 17 years (Fooden 1990, Ross 1992).
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232
