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- Demography and Birth Seasonality in the Nicobar Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis Umbrosus)
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1 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (Post), Coimbatore 641 108, IN
2 Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 006, IN
1 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (Post), Coimbatore 641 108, IN
2 Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 006, IN
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Current Science, Vol 114, No 08 (2018), Pagination: 1732-1737Abstract
The Nicobar long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosus) is confined to the southern and central Nicobar archipelago. We have collected demographic and birth data for five groups of M. f. umbrosus to understand their group structure, demography and breeding seasonality. Group size, individuals in age–sex classes and age–sex ratio did not vary between the groups and years. The birth rate was neither associated with the number of adult females in the group nor with group size. The number of births in a month was positively correlated with rainfall, and about 71% of the births occurred during the rainy season, though, the number of births did not vary systematically among the months. Perhaps, higher availability of food resources in the wet season than the rest of the year may support lactation in females and provide food for the weaned infants. The similarity in some demographic traits between the Nicobar long-tailed macaque and other subspecies indicates that these traits may be conserved over evolutionary time, while for other traits, differences among subspecies may reflect the effect of local conditions and recent histories. This is the first report on demography and birth seasonality of this unique subspecies of the long-tailed macaque.Keywords
Birth Rate, Demography, Group Size, Population Dynamics.Full Text
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- Changes in Behaviour Following A ‘Rank Changeover by Challenge’ in the Nicobar Long-Tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosus)
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1 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore 641 108, IN
2 Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, IN
3 Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 006, IN
4 Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research, Bengaluru 560 064, IN
1 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore 641 108, IN
2 Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, IN
3 Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 006, IN
4 Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research, Bengaluru 560 064, IN
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Current Science, Vol 117, No 4 (2019), Pagination: 672-682Abstract
A rank changeover is a sexual strategy by primate males to gain access to reproductive females. We observed one such event in the Nicobar long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosus) at the Great Nicobar Island, India. In the three and half months of the post-rank changeover period, the home range reduced significantly while there was no change in the intensity of range use and day range length. The sleeping sites in the post-rank changeover period were confined to the centre of the home range. The overall mating rate and aggressive mating approach by males increased significantly during the post-rank changeover period. The females developed sexual swelling and started soliciting the immigrated males within two weeks after the rank changeover event. During this period no female conceived, which suggests that they used situation-dependent receptivity with deceptive swelling as a counter strategy to avoid male aggression for copulation.Keywords
Between-Group Encounters, Grid Use, Nicobar Long-Tailed Macaque, Rank Changeover, Reproductive Behaviour.Full Text
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Authors
Shanthala Kumar
1,
Honnavalli N. Kumara
2,
Avadhoot D. Velankar
3,
Partha Sarathi Mishra
4,
Arijit Pal
3,
P. Sundararaj
1,
Mewa Singh
5,
S. Vinoth
6
Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, IN
2 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108, IN
3 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108, India; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, IN
4 Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, India; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108, IN
5 Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 006, IN
6 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108,, IN
1 Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, IN
2 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108, IN
3 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108, India; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, IN
4 Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 641 046, India; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108, IN
5 Biopsychology Laboratory and Institution of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru 570 006, IN
6 Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore 641 108,, IN
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Current Science, Vol 122, No 10 (2022), Pagination: 1199-1208Abstract
Changes in the habitat can drive the species to adapt to the changing environment that may lead to a risk of infection and the emergence of diseases. The prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites (henceforth endoparasites) in a species is an indicator of changing habitat conditions, and the study of the same is important when the species is restricted to a few islands. Macaca fascicularis umbrosus, endemic to Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar and Katchal islands. The December 2004 tsunami destroyed much of its habitat and pushed them to agriculture fields, leading to a conflict. To study the endoparasites in these macaques, we collected 160 faecal samples from five groups of macaques on Great Nicobar, one group on Little Nicobar, and two groups on Katchal between 2014 and 2016. The endoparasite eggs and cysts were isolated from the faecal samples using flotation concentration and sedimentation techniques in the laboratory. The number and percent prevalence of endoparasites recorded in Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar and Katchal was 13, 5 and 3, and 69.38%, 60.00% and 39.39% respectively. The Campbell Bay group on Great Nicobar had 12, whereas other groups had 2–7 endoparasite taxa. The protozoan load was higher than the helminth load but the overall, helminth, and protozoan load did not differ between the islands. Ascaris sp., Oesophagostomum sp., Strongyloide ssp., Bunostomum sp. and Balantidium coli were the predominant endoparasites. The persistence of macaque with people probably has increased the richness and prevalence of endoparasites on Great Nicobar than in the other two islands.Keywords
Changing habitat, faecal samples, gastrointestinal parasites, islands, long-tailed macaque.References
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