The Distribution of Wild Yakushima Macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) Troops around the Coast of Yakushima Island, Japan

A series of censuses of wild Yakushima macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) was carried out in a 127.26km2 area around the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan. The census area was estimated to have 131 troops in total. Monkeys seem to depend on natural broad-leaf forests. Troop density was highest in the we...

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Published inPrimate Research Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 179 - 187
Main Authors AZUMA, Shigeru, YOSHIHIRO, Shinichi, MARUHASHI, Tamaki, MANDA, Masaharu, KINOSHITA, Mayumi, TSUKAHARA, Takahiro, KIDO, Etsuko, MATSUSHIMA, Kana, SPRAGUE, David, KUBO, Ritsuko, AGETSUMA, Naoki, NAKAJIMA, Kensuke, TAKAHATA, Yukio, FURUICHI, Takeshi, OI, Toru, HILL, David, MATSUBARA, Hajime, OHKUBO, Naotoshi, SUGIURA, Hideki, TANAKA, Toshiaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Primate Society of Japan 1998
Subjects
Census
Macaca fuscata yakui
natural vegetation
troop distribution
Yakushima Island
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ISSN0912-4047
1880-2117
1880-2117
DOI10.2354/psj.14.179

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Summary:A series of censuses of wild Yakushima macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) was carried out in a 127.26km2 area around the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan. The census area was estimated to have 131 troops in total. Monkeys seem to depend on natural broad-leaf forests. Troop density was highest in the western coastal area, where the greatest population of natural vegetation remained undisturbed. In total, 1, 852 monkeys were counted, giving an estimate of 2, 000-3, 850 monkeys inhabiting the census area.
ISSN:0912-4047
1880-2117
1880-2117
DOI:10.2354/psj.14.179