Identifying Habitat Connectivity for Isolated Populations of Lion-Tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) in Valparai Plateau, Western Ghats, India
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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
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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Primate Conservation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0898-6207,2162-4232
DOI: 10.1896/052.027.0101