Primate Watching
Primatology
Taxonomy & Occurrence
Eastern Assamese Macaque (M. a. assamensis) -- Bhutan, southwestern China, northeastern India, northern Lao PDR, Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, northern Vietnam
Western Assamese Macaque (M. a. pelops) -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, northern India, Nepal
IUCN Conservation Status
Near Threatened
Seeing this Species
Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
A group was habituated here at the Huai Mai Sot Yai study site [1].
Please see the page on the Grey Langur for more information on this sanctuary.
Probability of Success: Perhaps not bad if habituated
Overlapping species: Greater Slow Loris, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Stump-tailed Macaque, Grey Langur, White-handed Gibbon
*Perhaps surprisingly Long-tailed Macaque do not occur here, even though the park is home to the other four of Thailand's five species of macaque [1].
Other sites:
Local contacts:
Macaca assamensis assamensis | Eastern Assamese Macaque | ลิงอ้ายเงี้ยะ
Good spot: Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand
References
[1] Schülke O., Pesek D., Whitman B.J. and Ostner J., 2011. Ecology of Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) at Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Journal of Wildlife in Thailand 18: 1–15.
Page Last Updated: 6 June 2021