The Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala ) is a macaque native to Arunachal Pradesh in North-east India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It was scientifically described in 2005.
It is a relatively large brown primate with a comparatively short tail.Its species name comes from mun zala, meaning deep forest (mun ) monkey (monkey ), as it is called by the Monpa people of West Kameng and Tawang.
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starts withThe Arunachal macaque is compactly built and has a very dark face. It lives at high altitudes, between 2000 m and 3500 m above sea level, making it one of the highest-dwelling primates. It belongs to the M. sinica species-group of macaques, along with the Assamese macaque (M. assamensis ), the Tibetan macaque, the bonnet macaque (M. radiata ) and the toque macaque (M. sinica ).
The Arunachal macaque is apparently physically similar to the Assam and Tibetan macaques, while genetically closely related to the bonnet macaque of southern India. This is probably the result of convergent evolution, where organisms evolve similar physical features due to similar environmental selection pressure, while genetically they may have different origins.
Kumar et al. (2008) and Sinha et al. (2006) report at least 569 individuals in thirty-five troops; thirty-two troops in Tawang and three troops in West Kameng. The monkey is severely persecuted in some parts of its known distribution by locals retaliating against crop raiding.
Social animals are those animals that interact highly with other animals, usually of their own species (conspecifics), to the point of having a rec...