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with the examples of Dodo and lion tailed macaque emphasis the importance of conservation of biodiversity​

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A recent review article makes the point that very different approaches are needed to protect animals that are essentially forest-dwellers and those that are habitat generalists and often share their habitats and resources with people. The contrasting examples chosen for this meta-analysis are the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) and the bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata). The article was published in International Journal of Primatology.

“There are two kinds of species — obligatory forest-dwelling and those that dwell among people. You need to conserve both, but you cannot have the same strategy for both. This is a case study that supports this idea,” says Prof. Mewa Singh, wildlife biologist from Mysore University and author of the paper.

The lion-tailed macaque is endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats and spreads over three States — Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. They have an estimated population of about 3,500 individuals which is fragmented into 49 sub-populations. Because they only eat fruit and insects, they are restricted to rainforests where these resources are available throughout the year. They have a unimale-multifemale social system. Illegal hunting, and accidents due to electrocution or being run over by vehicles caused a decline in population in some places, which led to their IUCN classification as a “threatened species”.

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