Removal from the wild endangers the once widespread long-tailed macaque
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In 2022, long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), a once ubiquitous primate species, was elevated to Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. In 2023, recognizing that the long-tailed macaque is threatened by multiple factors: (1) declining native habitats across Southeast Asia; (2) overutilization for scientific, commercial, and recreational purposes; (3) inadequate regulatory mechanisms; and (4) culling due to human–macaque conflicts, a petition for rulemaking was submitted to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to add the species to the US Endangered Species Act, the nation's most effective law to protect at risk species. The long-tailed macaque remains unprotected across much of its geographical range despite the documented continual decline of the species and related sub-species and the recent IUCN reassessment. This commentary presents a review of the factors that have contributed to the dramatic decline of this keystone species and makes a case for raising the level of protection they receive.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e23547 |
Journal | American Journal of Primatology |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 3 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 0275-2565 |
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Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:
We are grateful to the supporters of the Long‐Tailed Macaque Project; QATO, International Primate Protection League, Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park and Animal Protection Denmark. Carlsberg Foundation (Grant No: CF21‐0473), Re:wild, National Research Council of the Philippines‐Department of Science and Technology (NRCP‐DOST) and Isabela Foundation also supported individual projects and researchers for which we cannot thank them enough. We are furthermore grateful to everyone who supports our local projects with funding and guidance. None of our work would be possible without the participation of national teams, and support and encouragement of international and national officials and local communities across habitat countries and the rest of the world.
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© 2023 The Authors. American Journal of Primatology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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