Lion-tailed Macaque Archives ⋆ The Teenager Today

Silent strength

20th February 20192nd November 2020 Bittu Sahgal Himalayas, Lion-tailed Macaque, monkey, nature, Western Ghats

If you travelled the world in search of this handsome wild monkey, you would be forced to come right back to the evergreen forests of south-west India’s Western Ghats to breathe the air it breathes.

Going Green

In our hands

27th April 20182nd November 2020 Bittu Sahgal India, Lion-tailed Macaque, primates, Valparai, Western Ghats

The hand on this page belongs to a lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus, found nowhere else but India’s Western Ghats. Handsome beyond description, this monkey from Valparai has much more going for it than mere good looks.