Abstract:
A comprehensive population study of three monkey species (i.e. Macaca fascicularis, Macaca nemestrina and Trachypithecus obscurus) was piloted to determine the dominant species, population quantity and group size. The survey was conducted between November 2011 and May 2012. The technique adapted for the study was scan sampling method; Population survey showed that there were 23 groups of 508 individuals of three monkeys’ species in three states of Peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Kedah and Perak). One-Way Anova test was used to find the significant difference among above three species and to compare their means. Adult males showed a significant difference between two species in terms of population (i.e. Macaca fascicularis and Macaca nemestrina and p-value is p
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1567-1574
DOI:
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Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 44, Issue: 6, Year: 2012