Lion-tailed Macaque Archives ⋆ The Teenager Today

Bittu Sahgal 162 Views Himalayas, Lion-tailed Macaque, monkey, nature, Western Ghats

Silent strength

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

Bittu Sahgal 282 Views 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.