Macaca arctoides | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Macaca arctoides | (I. Geoffroy, 1831)
Macaca arctoides | (Geoffroy, 1831)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327678
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Stump-tailed Macaque
Stumptail Macaque
Bear Macaque
Choto-leji Banor
Khato-leji Banor
RRL Synonyms
Macacus arctoides I. Geoffroy, 1831; Macaca melanotus (Ogilby, 1839); Macaca ursinus (Gervais, 1854); Macaca brunneus (Anderson, 1871); Macaca rufescens (Anderson, 1872); Macaca speciosus (Murie, 1875); Macaca harmandi (Trouessart, 1897); Macaca melli (Ma
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
It occurs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. It is introduced to Hong Kong and Mexico. No recent sighting report is available but assumed to be present in the forests of Bangladesh adjacent to Tripura, Nagaland and Mizoram of India, and Myanmar (Khan 1982a, 1982b, 1985, 1987a, 1987b). Old record says its presence in the forests of Cox's Bazar and may be present in Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet (Ahsan 1984) because it is found in the bordering regions of Myanmar and India (Fooden 1976, Green 1978, Srivastava 1999).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Its habitat is restricted to certain moist deciduous forests and mixed evergreen forests of the east, northeast and southeast. In other countries it prefers evergreen forests of several kinds (Htun et al. 2008, Srivastava and Mohnot 2001). Stump-tailed Macaque is diurnal, arboreal and terrestrial in habit. It is an omnivore (Fooden 1990, Srivastava 1999). It lives in muti-male multi-female group varies geographically from 5-60 (Fooden, 1990). Females reach sexual maturity at about 4 years. Most of the mating occurs in October and November in the wild (Brereton 1994). Gestation period is about six months. Females begin to produce offspring between 4.5 and 5 years and reproduce until about 17 years (Fooden 1990, Ross 1992).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
Listed as Data Deficient because there is no recent sighting report and its present status in Bangladesh is not known.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Farid Ahsan
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://iucnredlistbd.org/
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Macaca arctoides Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Cercopithecidae Macaca
Macaca arctoides Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Cercopithecidae Macaca