Status and Distribution of the Eastern Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India Authors: Dilip Chetry, Rekha Chetry, Kumud Ghosh, and Alok Kumar Singh Source: Primate Conservation, 2010(25) : 87-94 Published By: Conservation International URL: https://doi.org/10.1896/052.025.0113 BioOne Complete (complete.bioone.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Complete website, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/terms-of-use. Usage of BioOne Complete content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research.
Primate Conservation 2010 (25): 87 94 Status and Distribution of the Eastern Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India Dilip Chetry¹, ², Rekha Chetry¹, ³, Kumud Ghosh¹ and Alok Kumar Singh 4 ¹Gibbon Conservation Centre, Assam, India ²Aaranyak, Guwahati, Assam, India ³Jawaharlal Nehru College, Kamrup, India 4 Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India Abstract: Trachypithecus pileatus Macaca assamensis), Macaca mulatta Nycticebus bengalensis jhum Key words: Introduction Hoolock hoolock Hoolock leuconedys et al Chetry (2002) and Chetry et al. et al Macaca munzala), and Kumar et al. (Macaca thibetana et al. et al H. hoolock et al. (2006) H. leuconedys Chetry et al Study Area 87
Chetry et al. Methods Line transect survey et al. et al Recording calls Results Population size Figure 1. Figure 2. Hoolock leuconedys) groups 88
Group size and composition Sighting time and calling times Threats Table 1. Hoolock leuconedys No. Location Altitude Locality Time AM AF J I Total 1 Koronu 07:20 1 1 1 1 4 2 Koronu 08:00 1 1 1 1 4 Koronu 12:05 1 1 1 1 4 4 990 m Korunu 09:45 1 1 1 1 4 5 06:45 1 1 1 6 418 m 08:10 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 4 8 10:00 1 1 2 1 5 9 Dipu nala 07:00 1 1 1 10 Dipu nala 1 1 1 1 4 11 Dipu nala 06:00 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1 4 298 m 07:45 1 1 1 1 4 14 491 m 08:00 1 1 1 15 474 m 1 1 2 16 07:15 1 1 1 17 484 m Chimari 1 1 1 1 4 18 489 m Chimari 07:56 1 1 1 19 716 m Roing 09:25 1 1 1 20 716 m Roing 1 1 21 760 m Roing 10:40 1 1 2 22 1,575 m 1 1 1 1,110 m 1 1 2 24 1,260 m 08:25 1 1 2 25 09:25 1 1 1 1 4 26 1,128 m 10:16 1 1 1 27 1,865 m Epipani 09:05 1 1 1 28 759 m Epipani 01:05 1 1 1 Total 27 27 20 14 88 89
Chetry et al. Table 2. No Location Altitude Locality Time and duration 1 Koronu 2 Koronu Koronu 4 Koronu 5 Koronu 6 290 m Koronu 7 Koronu 8 Koronu 9 Koronu 10 Koronu 11 12 14 15 17 19kilo 18 19kilo 19 19kilo 20 441 m 19kilo 21 Dipu nala 22 Dipu nala 500 m Dipu nala 24 Dipu nala 25 142 m Dipu nala 26 166 m Dipu nala 27 219 m Dipu nala 28 249 m Dipu nala 29 Dipu nala Sakole Sakole 449 m 592 m 515 m 40 551 m 41 42 586 m 624 m 44 671 m 45 260 m Chimari 46 407 m Chimari 47 580 m Chimari 48 612m Chimari 49 640 m Chimari 50 Chimari 51 1,519 m Chimari 52 Chimari 405 m Chimari 54 466 m Chimari table continued on next page 90
Table 2. continued No Location Altitude Locality Time and duration 55 466 m Chimari 56 298 m Chimari 57 Chimari 58 564 m Chimari 59 191 m Chimari 60 Chimari 61 529 m Roing 62 Roing Roing 64 488 m Roing 65 510 m Roing 66 529 m Roing 67 Roing 68 462 m Roing 69 Roing 70 452 m Roing 71 477 m Roing 72 507 m Roing 574 m Roing 74 658 m Roing 75 491 m Deopani 76 555 m Deopani 77 711 m Deopani 78 475 m Deopani 79 454 m Deopani 80 482 m Deopani 81 587 m Epipani 82 626 m 657 m 84 1,420 m 85 1,564m 86 1,586 m 87 1,285 m 88 1,495 m 89 1,495 m 90 1,477 m 91 1,520 m 92 1,527 m 1,569 m 94 1,578 m 95 96 1,465 m 97 98 1,186 m 99 1,592 m 100 1,708 m 101 102 1,508 m 1,285 m 104 105 106 107 table continued on next page 91
Chetry et al. Table 2. continued No Location Altitude Locality Time and duration 108 1,186 m 109 1,080 m 110 955 m 111 112 1,541 m 1,555 m 114 115 1,204 m 116 117 1,296 m 118 1,191 m 119 1,080 m 120 954 m 121 624 m 122 649 m 707 m 124 125 789 m 126 1,555 m 127 1,555 m 128 1,544 m 129 1,495 m, is emerging as a jhum Discussion Das et al. (2006) Chetry et al. ered it also in the Das et al. (1971) Das et al., (Macaca mulatta Macaca assamensis), Trachypithecus pileatus loris (Nycticebus bengalensis Macaca arctoides Macaca leonina 92
Figure 3. Hoolock leuconedys et al. (2007) et al. et al jhum Acknowledgments, Literature Cited Indian Forester ASP Bulletin Int. J. Primatol
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