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Macaca silenus
an Old World monkey with silver-white mane which surrounds the head from the cheeks down to its chin
Endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. (This one is in the zoo in Thiruvananthapuram)
A recent assessment for IUCN reports 3000-3500 of these animals live scattered over several areas in Kerala. The lion-tailed macaque ranks among the rarest and most threatened primates.
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