Taxon name
Macaca mulatta
Zimmermann, 1780
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Macaca mulatta
Zimmermann, 1780
Common name(s)
Rhesus Macaque, Banor, Bandor
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
Zimmermann, 1780
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
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)
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
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
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
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.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz
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 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).
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
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).
History
Vulnerable 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
