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NRLD - 95039 | Macaca leonina

Assessment ID
95039
Taxon name
Macaca leonina
(Blyth, 1863)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Macaca leonina
(Blyth, 1863)
Common name(s)
Assamese: Gahari nejia bandar; Bengali: Baraholeji banar; Bengali (in Bangladesh): Chhotoleji banar; Garo: Peko; Mizo: Zawangmuat; Naga: Kangh; Nepali: Sungur puchero bandar; Riyang: Stongbora; English: Burmese Pig-tailed Macaque, Long-haired Pig-tailed Macaque, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
primates
Family
cercopithecidae
Genus
Macaca
Species
leonina
Species authority
(Blyth, 1863)
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
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Critically Endangered
Abbreviated status
CR
Qualifying criteria (if given)
C2a(i)
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Very few individuals in the country isolated from neighbouring Indian locations. The habitat is degrading rapidly thereby causing a continuing decline in mature individuals in the country. The status is therefore more critical in Bangladesh compared to the global status. Hence the status in Bangladesh is retained as Critically Endangered.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2003
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Molur, S., D. Brandon-Jones, W. Dittus, A. Eudey, A. Kumar, M. Singh, M.M. Feeroz, M. Chalise, P. Priya and S. Walker (Eds.) (2003). Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report, 2003. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, viii+432pp.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan, China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam; For detailed distributional information within South Asia, see Molur et al. 2003
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2003
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Tropical semi-evergreen forest, tropical wet evergreen forest, tropical moist deciduous forest, coastal forest, swamp forest, montane forest
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Selective logging, firewood and charcoal production, fisheries, timber extraction, building roads, dams, power lines, forest fragmentation, soil loss/erosion, deliberate fires, hunting and trade for sport, food and medicine cultural use, accidental mortality, deliberate fires, predators, habitat loss, jhuming, encroachment
Publication
Molur, S., D. Brandon-Jones, W. Dittus, A. Eudey, A. Kumar, M. Singh, M.M. Feeroz, M. Chalise, P. Priya and S. Walker, editors. 2003. Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, viii+432pp.