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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping Old World monkey
Observation Number (Open Context) 61
Subspecies Macaca radiata
Common name Bonnet macaque
Period of study February 1977 - April 1978
Country or Region India
Method Scan sampling
Wet season Unknown
Dry season Unknown
Environment Mosaic habitat, dry evergreen forests and dry mixed deciduous forest
Altitude (m) 180
% Fruit 54.2
% Leaves 5.5
% Flowers 4.1
% Seeds 0.2
% Roots 0.3
% Invertebrates 10.6
% Bark and cambium 2.1
% Other 22.7
Fruit availability peak November - May
Low fruit availability June - October
Percentages Based on time spent feeding
Notes Data taken from Table 3
Reference Ali 1986
Scanning method Sampling periods of 5 minutes, intervals of 10 minutes. Four samples were taken each hour.
Full Reference
Ali, R. (1986). Feeding ecology of the bonnet macaque at the Mundanthurai sanctuary, Tamilnadu. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 83: 98-110. [Available at: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/157149#/summary]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Old World monkey 61 from Asia/India/Mundanthurai Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India.". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/3c80ec58-023f-4974-8688-a500f5496ec2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2nv9tg36

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