Lion Tailed Macaque

It’s shaggy, silvery mane, enormous tail, and sharp teeth. Lion-tailed macaques are Old World monkeys. They’re picky creatures and only live in pockets of the forest, in which they feel a sense of familiarity with the environment and the food. They’ll often stay in the tree canopy, without setting foot on the ground, for months on end. You’ll usually find these macaques in troops numbering around 15-25, and males usually have a large harem of females in their wake.

The young are nurtured throughout their childhood by their mothers until they become sub-adults. One usually spots them in the dense jungles of South India, in the Annamalai hills in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the Nilgiri Biosphere.