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

Taxa
Macaca leonina | (Blyth, 1863)
Publication
Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report
NRL Record ID
95040
Location
Countries in Assessment
India
Country ISO code(s)
IND
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
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
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
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
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 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.
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
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
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Arunachal Pradesh: Kamlang WLS, Mehao WLS, Namdapha NP; Assam: Dibru-Saikhowa WLS, Garampani WLS, Gibbon WLS, Padumoni-Bherjan- Borajan WLS; Manipur: Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS; Mizoram: Dampa WLS, Lengteng WLS, Murlen NP, Ngengpui WLS, Phawngpui Blue Mountain NP; Nagaland: Fakim WLS, Intanki NP; Tripura: Gumti WLS, Sepahijala WLS, Trishna WLS
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Arunachal Pradesh: Kamlang WLS, Mehao WLS, Namdapha NP; Assam: Dibru-Saikhowa WLS, Garampani WLS, Gibbon WLS, Padumoni-Bherjan- Borajan WLS; Manipur: Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS; Mizoram: Dampa WLS, Lengteng WLS, Murlen NP, Ngengpui WLS, Phawngpui Blue Mountain NP; Nagaland: Fakim WLS, Intanki NP; Tripura: Gumti WLS, Sepahijala WLS, Trishna 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 leonina Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Cercopithecidae Macaca