Syllabus :GS 3/Species in news
In News
- Some Stump-Tailed Macaques have been brought to the Delhi zoo from Mizoram.
About Stump-Tailed Macaques
- Scientific Name : Macaca arctoides
- It is also called the bear macaque.
- It is a primate species .
- Primarily frugivorous, they however also feed on many types of vegetation and small animals.
- Habitat and Distribution : The natural habitat of Stump-tailed macaques consists of subtropical and tropical broadleaf evergreen forest .
- It is found in South Asia .
- Distributed in north eastern India , Myanmar, and China and Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia.
- Found in parts of Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland.
- Distributed in north eastern India , Myanmar, and China and Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia.
- It is found in South Asia .
- Protection Status : It is listed under Appendix II in CITES.
- India lists it as schedule II under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- They are listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of species.
