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Female Ashoka from Dam groupSleeping adult males from Dam groupMale Frodo from Dam groupunknown 9Female Bella from Dam groupunknown 22unknown 13unknown 4Females in Dam groupFemale Funny Nose with infant in Dam groupunknown 18Male Frodo showing threat expressionunknown 10unknown 29Female Tess with infant Truffle from Dam groupunknown 27Infant Bernieunknown 25unknown 24unknown 21unknown 5Sleeping malesInfantsMale Howard from Dam groupunknown 7Juveniles sleepingunknown 17Funny Nose with infant from Dam groupFemale Pinduli from Eco groupJuvenile from Eco groupMale Howard from Dam groupView on hanging bridgeunknown 23unknown 20Female Kim with newborn infant Kayaunknown 3unknown 12unknown 15Juvenile female Brave resting on carunknown 2Females from Dam group sleeting togetherMale unknownunknown 8Female Kim with infant Kaya and juvenileunknown 16Female Fanny grooming juvenileunknown 26Female Spikey with infant in Eco groupFemale Scarlet feeding on flowersBonnet macaque infantsFemale Amy from Eco groupunknown 28Subadult male InoInfant BernieMale Pirate grooming male Victorunknown 6Subadult female Merlin in Dam groupunknown 1unknown 14unknown 11Infant from Eco on motorbikeBonnet macaque infantunknown 19Juvenile female Brave

The Thenmala Macaque Project is situated around the Thenmala Dam, in the state of Kerala, India. 

This location is considered an eco-tourism site and consists of three small villages, a number of eateries, and small shops. The field site also encompasses two offices – the District Forest Department and the Eco Tourism office. 

A demographic survey carried out by the team in 2022 revealed the presence of approximately 10 bonnet macaque troops that reside in and around the field site. However, by 2023, this number has gone down to approximately 7 troops. This decline in numbers can be attributed mainly to the human-macaque conflict in the area as well as risks such as electrocution and accidents that are a result of existing in an anthropogenic landscape.

In addition to collecting behavioural data, the team also conducts workshops for the local communities in order to raise awareness about the conservation risks to the endemic bonnet macaque.