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Status of Macaca silenus in the Kudremukh Forest Complex, Karnataka, India

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We assessed the population status of endangered lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) in the rain forests of Kudremukh Forest complex (Kudremukh National Park, Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary and Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary), Western Ghats, Karnataka in January 2007. We performed a census of 20 groups in Kudremukh NP, 4 groups in Someshwara WS, and 6 groups in Mookambika WS. We estimated the population size as ca. 451 individuals in the 3 parks. The forests of Kudremukh NP and Someshwara WS are continuous, and the present finding of 24 groups in a single continuous forest confirms the existence of another significant population of lion-tailed macaques.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Mr. A. K. Varma (PCCF-Wildlife), Mr. P. Anoor Reddy (CF), and Mr. Mohandas (CF) for their immense support during the survey. We thank M. B. Ashraf, P. Purushottam Prabhu, M. T. Dange, B. Bhaskar, V. T. Kavri, G. U. Shankar, Manohar Suvarna, and B. Bhaskar Rao. We acknowledge the support of all the forest department personnel and the participants in the survey program. We thank Karthikeya Vasudevan, Sushma, Rohit Nani Wadekar, and Shanthala Kumar for their help at various stages of the study. The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation, Primate Action Fund (Conservation International), and Primate Conservation Inc. supported H. N. Kumara during the study and writing of the article.

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  2. Karnataka Forest Department, Karnataka, and Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden, Indira Nagara, Mysore, 570010, India

    Vijay Ranjan Singh

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Kumara, H.N., Singh, V.R. Status of Macaca silenus in the Kudremukh Forest Complex, Karnataka, India. Int J Primatol 29, 773–781 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-008-9267-4

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