Lion-tailed macaque: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus Endangered

Where the lion-tailed macaque lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 1,081 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See monkeys on the world map

Scientific name	Macaca silenus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the lion-tailed macaque live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lion-tailed macaque in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the lion-tailed macaque endangered?

The lion-tailed macaque’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lion-tailed macaque?

The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Macaca. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lion-tailed macaque

The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), locally called wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lion-tailed macaque (revision 1381117702), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q506518 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).