Macaca radiata

(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Vernacular names
English : Bonnet macaque
French : Macaque à bonnet

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Primata
Family : Cercopithecidae
Notes : 2 subspecies known.

Identification
The species grows to 60 cm in length for a tail length of 69 cm and a a weight of 11.6 kg. Lightly-built species with bald forehead and head sides and hat-like hair structure on crown. Fur is grey-brown to golden-brown with darker back.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in Southern Asia and is endemic to the southern half of India. It was introduced in the Mascarene islands during the XVIth Century. Lives in all kinds of dry and humid forests, forest edges near rivers, to 2100 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : VULNERABLE
CITES : Appendix II
Status : The species has undergone catastrophic declines in parts of its range because of habitat destruction, hunting and other human-related issues.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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