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
Species authority
(Blyth, 1863)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
India
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
Qualifying criteria (if given)
C2a(i)
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
The Indian population though widely distributed is under severe threats of habitat loss and fragementation and continuing decline in the population over years. The taxon is retained as Endangered for the country due to very less probability of species recovery from neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Assessment details
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
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Status-of-South-Asian-Primates-20031.pdf
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
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.
