Lion-tailed macaque (LTM)

A lion-tailed macaque (LTM) has given birth to a young macaque at the Chamundi Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre for the Wild Animals, at Koorgalli on the outskirts of Mysore.

About lion-tailed macaque (LTM)

• Habitat of Lion-tailed macaque:  In the wild, they are only native to India.
  • Native to the fragmented rainforests of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu in India’s Western Ghats
  • It prefers the upper canopy of primary tropical evergreen rainforest.
• Conservation status of Lion-tailed macaque
  • IUCN: Endangered
  • CITES : Appendix I 
  • The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 : Schedule I
• Behaviour
  • Use some seventeen different vocal calls to communicate with each other
  • Communicate a lot through facial expressions, posture and Tail
  • Very territorial.
  • Primarily diurnal arboreal
• Protected areas (Found in):
  • Kudremukh National Park (Karnataka), Periyar National Park (Kerala) & Silent Valley National Park (Kerala)

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