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A population of rhesus macaques in the Taihang mountains on the Henan-Shanxi border is probably the northernmost population of the species. A more northerly population north of Beijing was locally extirpated in 1988. In the Taihang mountains, 26 natural groups, with >2000 monkeys, have been found. Six of them have been studied for 8 years. They live in a deciduous forest with temperate climate and cold snowy winters. The average group size is 82 individuals, and the population density is 3.1–7.2 individuals per km2. Home rangs are very large, varying from 11 to 22 km2. A natural reserve for the rhesus was established at Jiyuan in 1982, and one group, monitored and provisioned since 1984, has increased from 47 to 83 individuals, an increase of 76.5%.
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Wenyuan, Q., Yongzu, Z., Manry, D. et al. Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in the Taihang mountains, Jiyuan county, Henan, China. International Journal of Primatology 14, 607–621 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02215450
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