About Lion-tailed macaque:
- The Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) is an Old World monkey.
- One of the distinguishing features of this species is that males define the boundaries of their home ranges by calls.
- Overall, their communication system contains as many as 17 vocalisations.
- Appearance
- They are characterised by the grey mane around their face.
- They are sometimes called bearded monkeys.
- The magnificent Lion-tailed macaque is named due to its lion-like, long, thin, and tufted tail.
- Habitat
- In the wild, these are only native to India.
- It is a primate endemic to small and severely fragmented rainforests of the Western Ghats in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- Threat
- The biggest threat to the overall population of this species is the destruction of their rainforest habitat.
- Conservation status
- IUCN: Endangered
- CITES: Appendix I
- The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
