Indian money’s are more lucky than their counterpart across the globe cause, in India monkeys are worshiped, they even have dedicated temples.
If you are wondering about how many species of monkey found in India then read-on. We have covered the most popular monkeys of India as well as shed a light about the some interesting facts about them
Generally, all tree hoping animals are called as monkeys but they are part of the order Primates. Apart from the monkeys, humans, apes, lemur are few other primates found on the planet earth.
Rhesus Macaques
Rhesus monkey is one of the most populated monkey found in India and is the most famous too. It is a native to Asia and can habitat in broad range of area. In India, it is found at various locations like Varanasi, Delhi, Rajsthan and few other states
Bonnet Macaque
The Bonnet macaque is one more famous species of monkeys especially found at south India. It mostly found in high forest and the western ghat mountains of India. Ocassionally it has been documented ar eastern ranges Bonnet monkey is one of the old woeld monkey that has 35 to 68cm long tail and greyish brown back.
Arunachal Macaque
Found in the forest of Arunachal Pradesh, this macaque is usually identified due to its large. dark face and short tail. Often found in high altitude mountain vallies of Arunachal Pradesh.
It is named as “Munzala” which means the monkey of deep forest. This species of Indian monkeys is declared as an Endangered species on the list of IUCN RED.
Stump Tailed Macaque
Commonly known as a bear macaque in India, this Indian monkey characterised by long, thick hair with brown color all over his body except its face and short tail.
Stump tailed macaque is a furgivorous animal, which means it mostly thrive on the raw fruits. It it found in the northeast part of India especially around the south of Bramhputra river.
One of the stiking features of stump tailed macaque is that male are larger than that of their female counterpart and has larger canine teeth which is useful for them to establish the dominance in the group.
Lion Tailed Macaque
No wonder lion tailed macaque is also called as the “Beard Ape”. If you have close look to him, you can spot a silver-white hair mane around its hairless face. Endemic to the western ghats of south India, lion tailed monkey is commonly identified as “Wanderoo” by natives.
It is a medium sized monkey with 10 inch long tail that flaunt the black tuft at the end, just similar to lion’s tails, so they named as lion tailed monkey.
Lion tailed monkeys shown an ability to adapt to rapidly changing the environment and they primarily eat fruits, insects, small verterbrae, leaves and buds.
Pig Tailed Macaque
Pig tailed macaque divided in two groups i.e northern and southern but now they are classified as an individual species. Here we are talking about the northern pig-tailed macaque as it found in India along with Bangladesh, Thialand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar.
The ping tailed macaque in India mostly found in the northeastern parts and south of Brahmputra river. Like most of other macaque, this species is also a frugivorous but can also eat the seeds. insects, young leaves, leaf stems, dirt, and fungus.
The pigtail monkey live upto 26 years in wild life while 35 years in captivity.
Assam Macaque
Charactrised by dark brown or yellowish-grey fur, Assam macaque is a type of Indian monkey that is listed by IUCN as a “Near threatned” species due to increasing hunting as well as other reasons like fragmentation and habitat degradation.
Native to southeast asia, assam macaque is one of the old worl monkeys. Thie tails has good amount of hair and is short in length. In India, they are found at northeastern area primarily at Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
Assam macaques are omnivorous in nature and can eat leaves, fruits, creals and invertebrates.