Taxon name
Macaca fascicularis
(Raffles, 1821)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Macaca fascicularis
(Raffles, 1821)
Common name(s)
Long-tailed Macaque, Crab-eating Macaque, Cynomolgus Monkey, Lomba-leji Banor, Kakrabhuji Banor, Parailla Bandor
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Raffles, 1821)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
At least ten subspecies are presently recognized. There is considerable hybridization between this species and M. mulatta where their ranges meet (Ong and Richardson 2008)
Simia fascicularis Raffles, 1821; Simia aygula Linnaeus, 1758; Simia cynomolgus Schreber, 1775; Macacus carbonarius Cuvier, 1825; Macaca aureus Geoffroy, 1826
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
Critically Endangered
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species qualifies Critically Endangered criteria because of population reduction observed more than 90% over three generations and continuing (Khan 1981, 1987, Khan and Wahab1983, Feeroz 2001, Hasan and Feeroz 2010). Its EOO and AOO are less than the threshold level. Number of mature individuals is less than 20. Found only in two locations.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
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
Native to Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India (Andaman and Nicobar Is.), Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam. Introduced to Mauritius, Palau, Papua New Guinea (Ong and Richardson 2008). Three individuals remain on the Naff River bank at Teknaf. Eight breeding individuals were recorded in Fashiakhali WS with a Rhesus Macaque group where they formed hybrid (M. K. Hasan pers. comm.).
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
Mangroves in the Naff River bank, mixed evergreen forest in the Fashiakhali Wildlife Sanctuary. Outside Bangladesh they are highly tolerant to any environmental changes (Fooden 1991, 1995). Diurnal, semi-terrestrial and opportunistic feeder. Lives in a multi male multi female group.
History
Critically Endangered 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
