Animals
Class: Mammal
Biome:
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
About this animal
The lion-tailed macaques come from a family of 16 macaques with an extensive homerange from Gibraltar to Japan. The lion-tailed macaque is confined to tiny, isolated pockets of evergreen tropical forest in the Western Ghat Mountains in India. They get their apt name from their tufted lion like tail and the grey ‘mane’ around their face. They live in large groups of between 10-20 individuals. The dominant male is responsible for the leadership of the troop. Females give birth every 3-4 years and can live to about 20 years of age in the wild and about 30 years in captivity.
Did you know?
Lion-tailed macaques are so well adapted to its forest home that it can not adjust to new habitats created by human intrusion.
