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The Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus (Primates: Cercopithecidae): conservation history and status of a flagship species of the tropical rainforests of the Western Ghats, India
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The Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) is a threatened species inhabiting the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range in southern India. Once assessed to be less than a thousand individuals remaining in the wild habitats, the population is now estimated to be between 3000 and 3500 individuals. However, the rainforest habitats of the species are highly fragmented. During the past three decades or less, the population of this species has severely declined due to habitat degradation and illegal hunting in several areas of its occurrence. In situ conservation programs included notification of certain areas as Lion-tailed Macaque conservation regions. Several captive breeding programs have been initiated in order to have a viable captive population of the species. However, the analysis reveals that both in situ and ex situ conservation programs have not achieved the desired success and the species is even more endangered than it was a few decades ago. In this article, we discuss these conservation programs and suggest further measures for effective conservation of Lion-tailed Macaques.
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- Authors
- Singh, M., Kaumanns, W., Singh, M., Sushma, H. S., & Molur, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Mysore (IN)
- Wildlife Institute of India (IN)
- Zoo Outreach Organisation (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Singh, Mewa
- Venue
- Journal of Threatened Taxa
- Published
- 2009-03-26
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 151-157
- ISSN
- 0974-7893 (ISSN-L)
- 0974-7907
- OpenAlex
- W2052059972
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 0.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Threatened Taxa (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- MyPrints@UOM (Mysore University Library) (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Keywords
- lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus, conservation status, threatened species, Western Ghats, tropical rainforest, habitat fragmentation, poaching, habitat degradation, in situ conservation, ex situ conservation, captive breeding, population decline (ecology), flagship species
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