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Photographic Record of the Assamese Macaque in Tripura 2 Asian Primates Journal 7(1), 2018 PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE ASSAMESE MACAQUE Macaca assamensis IN TRIPURA, NORTHEASTERN INDIA Anwaruddin Choudhury The Rhino Foundation for Nature in NE India, House No. 7, Islampur Road, Guwahati 781021, Assam, India. E-mail: [email protected] The Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis (Mc- al. (2015) did not report its occurrence in the state. Clelland) is a relatively common primate of the Hima- Similarly, Corbet & Hill (1992) made no mention of laya (west up to Kumaon in Uttarakhand) and adjacent Tripura, and the range map excluded not only Tripura areas including the northeastern (NE) states (Choud- but many other areas of known distribution in north- hury 2016). Its occurrence in the state of Tripura (Fig. east India. Choudhury (2001), however, mentioned that 1) in NE India was doubted by many. Prater (1980), it occurs in all the northeastern states of India (including Mukherjee (1982), Mukherjee & Chakraborty (1992), Tripura). This was mainly based upon occurrence near Gupta (1994; 2000; 2001a; 2001b) and Majumder et Assam–Tripura border in North Tripura district (Choud- Fig. 1. Location of observed Assamese Macaque in Tripura (as represented by the red dot). 3 Asian Primates Journal 7(1), 2018 Fig. 2. Alpha male of observed group. © Anwaruddin Choudhury Fig. 3. Some members of the observed group. © Anwaruddin Choudhury 4 Asian Primates Journal 7(1), 2018 hury 2013); however, there was no photographic re- Tripura, Sanjay Dhoundiyal, and Sukanta Das). Special cord. Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu (2012) also listed the thanks to Siddharta Debbarma (Sub-divisional Forest species in Tripura but without any details or reference. Officer) who accompanied me in most of the trips and During my short visits (one day each) in October 1997 took a few photographs, and K.N. Bhar of the Election and April 2000, and seven days’ field work in January Commission of India. 2008 I did not come across any M. assamensis. I again spent 20 days in January–February 2016. On 3 Febru- REFERENCES ary 2016, some unidentified macaques were noticed in Choudhury, A.U. 2001. Primates in NE India: an the trees near Udaipur–Amarpur main Road (I travelled overview of their distribution & conservation status. through this road in 2008 also), roughly midway be- ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas 1(1): tween the two towns in Gomati district (earlier part of 92–101. South Tripura district). They were Macaca assamensis, of which there were no published records from interior Choudhury, A.U. 2013. The Mammals of North East areas. Subsequently I saw them on several other days India. Gibbon Books, and The Rhino Foundation for in the same spot, c. 10 km before reaching Amarpur nature in NE India, Guwahati, India. (23°30’ N, 91°36.3’ E; c. 100–130 m a.s.l.). 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