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  • Experimental Subjects Twelve experimentally naïve adolescent colony-born rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were the subjects.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • The only primate is rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta, considered by Blower to number in the region of 40,000 to 68,200, based on surveys by Hendrichs and Khan, respectively, as compared to the much higher estimate of 126,220 derived by Gittins.

    Sundarbans, Bangladesh 2009

  • Primates are rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta and langur Presbytis entellus.

    Keoladeo (Bharatpur) National Park, India 2009

  • A rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta, one of the many species of mammals found in Royal Chitwan National Park.

    Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

  • In one Japanese zoo, approximately 50 Macaca mulatta monkeys have been overfed so much crap by tourists that, at three times their normal size (63 pounds vs. a healthy 20), they can barely move around their habitat.

    Leslie Goldman: Chunky Monkeys as Metaphor for Life 2008

  • Unlike in other habitats, here tigers live and swim among the mangrove islands, where they hunt scarce prey such as chital deer (Cervus axis), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), wild pig (Sus scrofa), and even macaques (Macaca mulatta).

    Sundarbans mangroves 2008

  • All five macaque species occurring in Thailand are present, namely rhesus Macaca mulatta, crab-eating M. fascicularis, pig-tailed M. nemestrina, Assam M. assamensis and stump-tailed M. arctoides.

    Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • Li Shan supports warm temperate forest that is reported to provide habitat for several rare vertebrates including Chinese populations of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), musk deer (Moschus berezovskii), giant salamander (Megalobatrachus davidiana), and Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha).

    Central China loess plateau mixed forests 2008

  • The only ungulates are wild boar Sus scrofa, main prey species of the tiger, and spotted deer Cervus axis, which is plentiful and often seen in association with rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta.

    Sundarbans National Park, India 2008

  • Habits of the rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta (Zimmerman) in the Sundarbans, 24-Parganas, West Bengal.

    Sundarbans National Park, India 2008

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