Home

unknown 7Female Tess with infant Truffle from Dam groupunknown 28Male Howard from Dam groupJuvenile female Braveunknown 15Females in Dam groupFemale Kim with infant Kaya and juvenileunknown 29unknown 23unknown 21Juvenile from Eco groupFemale Fanny grooming juvenileSubadult male InoFemale Amy from Eco groupunknown 25unknown 2unknown 13unknown 6Funny Nose with infant from Dam groupView on hanging bridgeunknown 12unknown 24Male Frodo showing threat expressionFemales from Dam group sleeting togetherunknown 20Male unknownMale Howard from Dam groupInfant BernieJuveniles sleepingFemale Funny Nose with infant in Dam groupBonnet macaque infantsunknown 19Female Bella from Dam groupJuvenile female Brave resting on carMale Pirate grooming male VictorSleeping malesunknown 1unknown 26unknown 17unknown 5Bonnet macaque infantunknown 10unknown 9Subadult female Merlin in Dam groupFemale Pinduli from Eco groupunknown 22unknown 16Female Kim with newborn infant KayaInfantsInfant Bernieunknown 8unknown 14unknown 11Sleeping adult males from Dam groupFemale Spikey with infant in Eco groupunknown 3Infant from Eco on motorbikeunknown 4Male Frodo from Dam groupFemale Scarlet feeding on flowersunknown 27Female Ashoka from Dam groupunknown 18

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.