Macaca assamensis assamensis | Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report
Taxa
Macaca assamensis ssp. assamensis | M'Clelland, 1840
Macaca assamensis assamensis | (McClelland, 1839)
Location
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Assamese: Asomia molua; Barman: Jongak; Bhutia: Poi; Garo: Makre-dow; Lepcha: Sahu; Mizo: Zwongpu; Riyang: Taiman ukhra; English: Assam Macaque
Eastern Assamese Macaque
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, China; For detailed distributional information within South Asia, see Molur et al. 2003
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Tropical evergreen forest, subtropical evergreen forest, semi-evergreen broad-leaved forest
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2003
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
C2a(i)
Assessment rationale/justification
The threats to this taxon in India are as severe making it Endangered. Since there are some populations bordering Myanmar that are contiguous, habitat and population protection within the country to lower the probability of extinction of this taxon within India. It is therefore retained as Endangered.
About the assessment
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
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
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Selective logging, timber collection and firewood for charcoal production, fisheries, building roads, dams, power lines, deliberate fires, fragmentation, soil loss/erosion, hunting for sport, hunting and trade for food and traditional medicine, accidental mortality by trapping, alien invasive species, predators, hybridization.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Arunachal Pradesh: Namdapha NP, Pakhui WLS; Assam: Bherjan WLS, Borajan WLS, Dibru-Saikhowa NP, Garampani WLS, Gibbon WLS, Kaziranga NP, Manas NP; Meghalaya: Nokrek NP, Balpakram NP, Siju WLS; Mizoram: Dampa NP, Nengpui WLS, Phawngpui Blue Mountain WLS
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.
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Macaca assamensis ssp. assamensis
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Cercopithecidae
Macaca
Macaca assamensis assamensis
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Cercopithecidae
Macaca
