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The Delhi Zoo has recently welcomed eight stump-tailed macaques, which were transferred from the Aizawl Zoological Park in Mizoram.

Facts About:

The stump-tailed macaque, also known as the bear macaque, is an Old-World monkey species native to South Asia.

Scientific Name: Macaca arctoides

Natural Habitat: These monkeys inhabit tropical and subtropical evergreen forests.

Geographic Range:

• They are indigenous to regions including Cambodia, southwest China, northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, northwest Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• In India, they are predominantly found south of the Brahmaputra River, primarily in the northeastern states.

Their Indian range extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.

Conservation Status:

• IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
• Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule II