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Status: Endangered. Diet in wild: Fruits, leaves, small vertebrates and invertrebates. Life span in wild: Varies, can live up to 30 years in captivity. Weight: 15 to 33 pounds, males are slightly larger than females. Native habitat: Western Ghats mountains in India.
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Lion-Tailed Macaque Lion-tailed macaques are unique to
India. Due to the growing agricultural industry, Lion-tailed macaques are arboreal, meaning they live in trees. Like other "old world" primates, they have food pouches where they can safely store food until they are sure no predators are near. In the early 1970s, lion-tailed macaques were still living throughout the southern third of India. Today, they only live in mountain forests scattered across three Indian states: Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In addition to deforestation, lion-tailed macaques suffer from being captured for the pet trade, zoos, research, and use in traditional Chinese medicine.
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The Animals
resulting in habitat destruction, they are endangered and number only
about 2,500. As few at 600 live in zoos around the world.
"Mona
Lisa", also called "Lisa", was originally owned as a
pet. One of her previous owners was unable to provide the medical
care she needed and Lisa became very ill. A good Samaritan came to
her aid and provided her foster care until she recovered. Then Lisa
was adopted permanently by Black Pine where she enjoys the outdoors and
her "baby" stuffed animal.