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Mentawai Macaque

Educational resources on Mentawai Macaque

Mentawai Macaque or Macaca pagensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A1cd+2c. IUCN Profile of the Mentawai Macaque

Academic web links for the Mentawai Macaque.


Primate Factsheets: Macaque (Macaca)
Macaca pagensis (Mentawai macaque) Macaca radiata (bonnet macaque) Macaca siberu (Siberut macaque) Macaca silenus (lion-tailed macaque) Macaca sinica (toque monkey)
pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/links/macaca

Untitled [www-rcf.usc.edu]
Four primates: Black Gibbon, Mentawai Macaque, Long-tailed Joja and Pig-Tailed Langur are endemic to Siberut. All species are hunted by Mentawai men.
www-rcf.usc.edu/~jameso/siberut/sib71.html

Untitled [www-rcf.usc.edu]
Bokkoi/Mentawai Macaque Joja/Mentawai Lungur Whales, Porpoises In addition, the following Mentawai species are listed under CITES (Convention on International Trade in
www-rcf.usc.edu/~jameso/siberut/animals4.html

Primate Info Net: Common Names for the Order Primates
English: Mentawai Macaque Macaca radiata English: Bonnet Macaque Bonnet Monkey French: Macaque Commun German: Hutaffe Macaca silenus
pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/taxonomy/common.html

Primate Info Net: Primates Described Since 1990
Preliminary observations of the Mentawai macaque on Siberut Island, Indonesia. Int. J. Primatol. 3: 445-459) Find in PrimateLit. Groves C. and Tatterall I. 1991.
pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/taxonomy/newspecies.html

Primate Info Net: Asian Primates, Volume 5, No. 3-4, 1995
However, it is important to note that only two of the four primate species (the Mentawai Island langur and the Mentawai macaque) have been reported to regularly utilize these
pin.primate.wisc.edu/news/journals/Asian.5.3.html

Session 7: The Macaques — Notre Dame OpenCourseWare
M. pagensis: Mentawai macaque. Range is limited to the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia. M. ochreata: booted macaque. Range includes southeastern Sulawesi and nearby Muna and Buton
ocw.nd.edu/anthropology/primate-behavior/session-8-the-macaques

OAIster Search Results
I recommend the following conservation status changes: Kloss's gibbon, Endangered; simakobu monkey, Critically Endangered; Mentawai langur, Endangered; and Mentawai macaque
quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?type=boolean;rgn1=entire%20record;c=oaister;search...

Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition
This new release presents the wealth of information gleaned about nonhuman primates nutrition since the previous edition was published in 1978. With expanded coverage of natural
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9826&page=5

Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition
Whitten, A.J., and J.E.J. Whitten. 1982. Preliminary observations of the Mentawai macaque in Siberut Island, Indonesia. Int. J. Primatol. 3:445-459.
www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9826&page=39







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