{"id":349599,"date":"2025-11-10T14:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349599"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T11:18:42","slug":"rhesus-macaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rhesus-macaque\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhesus Macaque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL), has recommended reinstating Rhesus macaque under Wildlife Act Schedule II to restore protection, enforcement, and scientific management.<\/p>\n<h2>About Rhesus Macaque<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349612\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-349612\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=226%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rhesus Macaque\" width=\"226\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Wikipedia.jpg?w=373&amp;ssl=1 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Rhesus macaque (<strong>Macaca mulatta<\/strong>) is an &#8216;<strong>Old World&#8217; monkey<\/strong> in the Macaca genus , <strong>native to South Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is native to <strong>India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Afghanistan, Vietnam, southern China<\/strong>, and some neighboring areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical characteristic<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It has <strong>brown or grey fur<\/strong> with a <strong>pinkish to red face<\/strong> and <strong>red rears<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It shows <strong>close-cropped head hair<\/strong> that highlights <strong>expressive faces<\/strong> and a <strong>rounder, less elongated facial structure than langurs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>relatively short tail<\/strong> and commonly <strong>red or brown eyes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behaviour:<\/strong> The Rhesus macaque is <strong>diurnal<\/strong>, and <strong>both arboreal and terrestrial<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>mostly herbivorous<\/strong>, feeding mainly on <strong>fruit<\/strong>, but also eating <strong>seeds, roots, buds, bark, and cereals<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They have also been observed eating <strong>termites, grasshoppers, ants, and beetles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It occurs in <strong>forests, mangroves, scrub, grasslands, and mountainous regions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>adapts well to human presence<\/strong> and often <strong>forms larger troops in human-dominated landscapes<\/strong> than in forests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN status:<\/strong> It is listed as <strong>Least Concern<\/strong> by the IUCN.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>December 2022<\/strong>, rhesus macaques were moved from <strong>Schedule II of the WPA to Schedule IV<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>November 2025<\/strong>, the <strong>National Board for Wildlife<\/strong> recommended <strong>reclassifying<\/strong> the rhesus macaque <strong>back into Schedule II<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL), has recommended reinstating Rhesus macaque under Wildlife Act Schedule II to restore protection, enforcement, and scientific management. About Rhesus Macaque The Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is an &#8216;Old World&#8217; monkey in the Macaca genus , native to South Asia. 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