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Macaca assamensis pelops | Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report
The Indian population of this taxon is restricted in its distribution and in numbers, but since the taxon faces serious threats it is Endangered due to restricted distribution and continuing decline and small numbers. Endangered category is retained as the Indian population is more than 75% of the global population of this taxon.
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
Past threats: Hunting, expansion of human settlement, habitat shrinkage, jhuming Present and future threats: Agriculture, firewood and charcoal production, selective logging, intentional poisoning (control), accidental mortality, road kills, trapping, landslide, changing human attitudes, man-animal conflict
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): West Bengal: Buxa NP, Mahananda WLS
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): West Bengal: Buxa NP, Mahananda 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.