Today’s post is the first of several to feature a species that any wildlife-seeking visitor to south India’s Western Ghats can reasonably expect to see, easily – probably, often.
Bonnet macacques are endemic to this region.
Until last year these very sociable forest-dwellers enjoyed a “least concern” conservation status.
Their numbers are currently declining, and in 2022 the IUCN reclassified their status as “vulnerable”.
Click here to discover more about bonnet macacques.
As you can see, even nursing mothers are not necessarily especially wary of humans.
Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at 2.22 pm on 26 February 2023 in Pampadum Shola National Park, Kerala.