RHESUS MACAQUE

        RHESUS MACAQUE

Local name          :  Mankadu,Markat,Lal modhavalo vandaro

  Physical measurements & life cycle 

Weight                 :Male-7 to 9 kg, female-smaller 

Height                 :50-60 cm (seated)

Litter size          :1

Gestation            :6 months

Life span            :20-52 years

Breeding           : Round the year,but frequent during March to june.

 

Description 

>Smaller the Hanuman langur. Brownish red body,red face and easy to identify due to small tail and the orange back.

 food 

>Omnivorous (fruits,young leaves,crops,insects and small animals etc.)Feeds on the ground.

  Distribution

>Mainly Dangs,Shoolpaneshwar, Vansada & south Gujarat forest,Ratanmahals,forest in chhota Udepur.

   Habitat

>Outskirts of forests,in and around habitation

  Behaviour   

Rhesus macaque lives in highly organized troops in forests gujarat and plains and each troop in under the leadership of a dominant male.It can swim well;both on the surface and under water.

 Signs of presence 

Droppings, half eaten leaves and fruits,call, foot print and sound of jumping. foot prints can easily be seen at the river bank.