The northern pig tailed macaque, Macaca leonina
The northern pigtailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a species of macaque in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, M. leonina was considered a subspecies of the southern pigtailed macaque (M. nemestrina), but is now classified as individual species. In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Aruanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. A detailed report on the ecology and behaviour of northern pigtailed macaque has been published in 2008. Like its southern cousin it is used for harvesting coconuts in Thailand.
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