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Macaca fuscata ssp. yakui

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA PRIMATES CERCOPITHECIDAE

Scientific Name: Macaca fuscata ssp. yakui
Infra-specific Authority: Kuroda, 1941
Common Name/s:
English Yakushima Macaque

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s: Watanabe, K.
Reviewer/s: Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Justification:
Although the distribution area of this subspecies is small (Yaku Island, 505 km²), a survey conducted in 1991 and 1992 (Yoshihiro et al. 1998) estimated 131 troops containing 2,000-3,850 individuals in a coastal area of 12.7 km², and the total population size is considered to be large. Major threatening factors are decrease of deciduous evergreen forests (their main habitat) and increase of coniferous plantations, and annual control kill of over 500 individuals to prevent agricultural crop damage, however, no indication of population decline has been observed at present.
History:
2000 Endangered
1996 Not Evaluated
1994 Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 Endangered (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

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Population [top]

Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: Watanabe, K. 2008. Macaca fuscata ssp. yakui. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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