Preliminary report on yellow long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) at Kosumpee Forest Park, Thailand

Primates. 2005 Oct;46(4):269-73. doi: 10.1007/s10329-005-0126-z. Epub 2005 Apr 16.

Abstract

We conducted a census on long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) at Kosumpee Forest Park, Thailand, and found 15 individuals of yellow pelage color out of a total of 287 individuals. There were three troops, designated A, B and C, but the yellow macaques were found only in B and C troops. The frequency of yellow macaques was 5.2% in the total population and 4.2 and 9.9% in B and C troops, respectively. These frequencies are much higher than those in rhesus macaques (M. mulatta) reared at Cayo Santiago (0.52%). They are, however, lower than those of 10 years ago.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Censuses*
  • Hair / physiology*
  • Macaca fascicularis / physiology*
  • Pigmentation / physiology*
  • Principal Component Analysis
  • Thailand