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Macaca assamensis assamensis | Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report
The threats to this taxon in India are as severe making it Endangered. Since there are some populations bordering Myanmar that are contiguous, habitat and population protection within the country to lower the probability of extinction of this taxon within India. It is therefore retained as Endangered.
Assessment year
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.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Assessor affiliation specific
NGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Zoo Outreach Organisation; Threatened Taxa Monitoring System; South Asian Bat Monitoring Programme
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Selective logging, timber collection and firewood for charcoal production, fisheries, building roads, dams, power lines, deliberate fires, fragmentation, soil loss/erosion, hunting for sport, hunting and trade for food and traditional medicine, accidental mortality by trapping, alien invasive species, predators, hybridization.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Arunachal Pradesh: Namdapha NP, Pakhui WLS; Assam: Bherjan WLS, Borajan WLS, Dibru-Saikhowa NP, Garampani WLS, Gibbon WLS, Kaziranga NP, Manas NP; Meghalaya: Nokrek NP, Balpakram NP, Siju WLS; Mizoram: Dampa NP, Nengpui WLS, Phawngpui Blue Mountain WLS
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Arunachal Pradesh: Namdapha NP, Pakhui WLS; Assam: Bherjan WLS, Borajan WLS, Dibru-Saikhowa NP, Garampani WLS, Gibbon WLS, Kaziranga NP, Manas NP; Meghalaya: Nokrek NP, Balpakram NP, Siju WLS; Mizoram: Dampa NP, Nengpui WLS, Phawngpui Blue Mountain WLS
Redlist Notes
This national-level assessment was based on information specific to the country, however some of the summary information listed above was taken from the broader regional-level assessments. Local variation in habitat, threats, and conservation measures may occur.