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Holding on in the Djebela: Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus in northern Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Siân S. Waters ,
Mustapha Aksissou ,
Ahmed El Harrad ,
Maria-Elisa Hobbelink  and
Julia E. Fa
Siân S. Waters
Affiliation:
14 Lindsay Gardens, Tredegar, Gwent, NP22 4RP, UK
Mustapha Aksissou
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tétouan, Morocco
Ahmed El Harrad
Affiliation:
Assocation Amigos de Deportes de Montana, Calle Fes 22, Tétouan 93000, Morocco
Maria-Elisa Hobbelink
Affiliation:
Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NS, UK
Julia E. Fa
Affiliation:
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands
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Abstract

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A survey of Vulnerable Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus populations in the Djebela region of northern Morocco was conducted in October-November 2004 and the species' presence verified in four areas. This macaque occurs in habitat types ranging from matorral (shrub vegetation) to higher altitude fir forest. A total of 89 individuals were observed in nine groups. Comparisons of our survey with the previous one undertaken in the same area in 1980 indicate that group sizes are similar but the total population size may have decreased. We estimate there is a population of 200–300 Barbary macaques in the Djebela. Although some areas where the species is found are now protected, further work will be crucial to safeguarding this species in northern Morocco.

Keywords

Barbary macaqueDjebelahabitat degradationMacaca sylvanusnorthern Morocco
Type
Short Communication
Information
Oryx , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 106 - 108
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