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Macaca mulatta mulatta | Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report

Publication
Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report
NRL Record ID
95046
Location
Countries in Assessment
Pakistan
Country ISO code(s)
PAK
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Bengali: Banar; Hindi: Bandar
Lal bandar
Lal mukh ka bandar
Lal mukhwala bandar; Hindko: Baojha; Marathi: Makad; Nepali: Rato Bandar
Hajaria Bandar; Oriya: Mankad; Pashto: Shado
Beszoo; Rai: Pupa; Telugu: Kothi; Urdu: Bandur; English: Indian Rhesus Macaque
Rhesus Monkey
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Afghanistan?, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam; For detailed distributional information within South Asia, see Molur et al. 2003
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Temperate coniferous, moist and dry deciduous forests, mangroves, scrub, rain forest, cropland, human habitation, roadside, temples, openland, agriculatural lands, mixed forests, bamboo forests
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2003
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Widely distributed in Pakistan and the trends are similar to the Indian situation. However,
About the assessment
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
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
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Status-of-South-Asian-Primates-20031.pdf
Supplementary Links

Zoo Outreach Organisation; Threatened Taxa Monitoring System; South Asian Bat Monitoring Programme

Endemism
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Past threats: Hunting, trade, accidental mortality, road kills, trapping, ecological imbalance (changes in native species dynamics), habitat loss, forest fire Present and future threats: Poisoning in Himachal Pradesh, human-animal conflict, wildfire, human settlement in Nepal terai
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Islamabad: Margallah Hills NP; NWFP: Ayubia NP.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Islamabad: Margallah Hills NP; NWFP: Ayubia NP.

Further information
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.