A NOTE ON DISTRIBUTION RANGE OF HANUMAN LANGUR SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS (DUFRESNE) AND RHESUS MACAQUE MACACA MULATTA (ZIMMERMANN) IN RAJASTHAN

摘要

Many workers namely, Agoramoorthy (1992), Bhargava (1984), Bhati and Srivastava (1988), Chhangani (2002), Mathur (1994), Mathur and Manohar (1986, 1987, 1993, 1994), Manohar and Mathur (1992), Mohnot (1984), Roonwal (1984), Roonwal et al. (1984), Sharma (1995,1999, 2001a,b, 2002,2004,2007), Sharma et al. (2000), Sharma et al. (2006), Sivsubramanian (1986), Tehsin (2006) and Wada (1984) have studied various aspects of two primate species of Rajasthan, namely Hanuman Langur Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne) and Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann). The extent of distribution range of both the primates in Rajasthan is an important aspect of primate biology, which is neglected. Sporadic information about the distribution range of S. entellus in Rajasthan is available in Bhati and Srivastava (1988), Mohnot (1984), and Roonwal (1984), but nothing is known about the distribution range of M. mulatta in the State.