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.
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This work was supported by the Thailand Research Fund (Grant No. RSA/02/2545) and Chulalongkorn University. We thank Dilok Yanklin, Chalis Mungsuwan and Anu Kulaboot for their help during the field study. We also thank the head and staff of Kosumpee Forest Park for their help and permission to study there.
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Hamada, Y., Hadi, I., Urasopon, N. et al. Preliminary report on yellow long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) at Kosumpee Forest Park, Thailand. Primates 46, 269–273 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-005-0126-z
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