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3 - Distribution and present status of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Laos and their ecological relationship with rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

from Part I - The status and distribution of long-tailed macaques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2011

Agustín Fuentes
By
Yuzuru Hamada ,
Hiroyuki Kurita ,
Shunji Goto ,
Yoshiki Morimitsu ,
Suchinda Malaivijitnond ,
Sitideth Pathonton ,
Bounnam Pathonton ,
Phouthone Kingsada ,
Chanda Vongsombath  and
Fong Samouth
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Edited by
Michael D. Gumert  and
Lisa Jones-Engel
Agustín Fuentes
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Yuzuru Hamada
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Japan
Hiroyuki Kurita
Affiliation:
Board of Education, Oita City, Japan
Shunji Goto
Affiliation:
Amami Wild-Animal Research Center Kagoshima, USA
Yoshiki Morimitsu
Affiliation:
University of Hyogo, Japan
Suchinda Malaivijitnond
Affiliation:
Primate Research Unit Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Sitideth Pathonton
Affiliation:
National University of Laos
Bounnam Pathonton
Affiliation:
National University of Laos
Phouthone Kingsada
Affiliation:
National University of Laos
Chanda Vongsombath
Affiliation:
National University of Laos
Fong Samouth
Affiliation:
National University of Laos
Bounthob Praxaysombath
Affiliation:
National University of Laos
Michael D. Gumert
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lisa Jones-Engel
Affiliation:
University of Washington
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Summary

Introduction

Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic (i.e., Laos), situated in the center of the Indochina Peninsula and encompassing 14–22.5°N, consists of diverse environments, including Xay Phou Louang (Annamite Cordirella) in the east, the Mekong River in the west, and plains in between. More than 15 percent of the national land area has been designated as National Protected Areas (NPAs) by the government of Laos since 1993. Compiling museum data and literature, Fooden (1980, 1995) sketched the distribution of long-tailed macaques in Laos. In addition, assessments were carried out in the 1990 on Laos's wildlife in these NPAs and these surveys also reported the distribution of macaques (Duckworth et al., 1999). These reports suggested that long-tailed macaques were distributed only in southern-most Laos, which is a region consisting of mountainous areas (i.e., Bolaven plateau, Xay Phou Louang) and tributaries of the Mekong River. However, the present distribution and current population status of long-tailed macaques are not known.

Primate fauna is rich in southern-most Laos, which includes prosimians (i.e., lorises), cercopithecids, colobines, and lesser apes (i.e., gibbons) (Duckworth et al., 1999). Laos contains highly endangered species, such as red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus) and yellow-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys gabriellae; Duckworth et al., 1999), as well as typically common monkeys such as the rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and long-tailed macaque (M. fascicularis). All non-human primates in Laos are currently under threat of extinction because their habitats have been lost to commercial logging, hydraulic power development, and agriculture, all of which have been driven by increases in human population, economical development dependent on natural resources, and foreign capital (Duckworth et al., 1999).

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Monkeys on the Edge
Ecology and Management of Long-Tailed Macaques and their Interface with Humans
 , pp. 72 - 98
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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