Assam: Rare species of monkey spotted in Jorhat sanctuary | Guwahati News
The wild stump-tailed Macaca arctoides GUWAHATI: Possibly the largest troop of the vulnerable Rhesus Monkey species, the wild stump-tailed Macaca arctoides, has been spotted at the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in Jorhat, Assam, said a study conducted by 13 researchers, published in a science journal on Friday. The study team found a total of 194 individuals in the 20.98 sqkm sanctuary. “On December 22, 2016, we encountered a troop of stump-tailed macaques at the boundary of compartments 3 and 4 of the sanctuary. We counted the individuals but could not assign all of them to any particular ...
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