Scientists recently found a white-cheeked macaque in Arunachal Pradesh.
Highlights:
The discovery adds a replacement species to the mammal list of India. The White Cheeked macaque was first discovered in southeastern Tibet.
These macaques are different from the opposite macaques mainly due to their white cheeks.
Also, they need an extended tail, long, thick hairs within the neck area. It’s not yet been included within the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
The primary threat to the species is hunting, habitat degradation, development, and consumption by the locals.
When they find humans, the white-cheeked macaque gives out an alarm call, climbs trees, and flees.
The frequency of its alarm call is different from that of the Assam macaque.
It lives in tropical forests, evergreen broad-leaved forest, mixed broad-leaved conifer forests. It’s usually found at an altitude of 1395 meters to 2420 meters.
They sleep in multi-male and multi-female groups. With the invention of the White Cheeked macaque, the entire mammal count has increased to 438.