EAZA Ex situ Programme (EEP)

Lion-tailed macaque

(Macaca silenus)


Coordinator: Alexander Sliwa
Institution:   Zoologischer Garten Köln


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Koln zoo

IUCN Red List status

IUCN Red List EN

 
 
 

Programme roles

Direct Conservation icon • Insurance
Maintaining a demographically and genetically stable as well as a behaviourally competent assurance EEP population that is also used to support different regions in (re-)building their populations.

• Ambassador
Functioning as a charismatic ambassador for Indian wildlife and particularly for the Western Ghats ecoregion.
   
Indirect Conservation icon • Fundraising
Collecting funding for in situ conservation projects.

• Conservation research
Encouraging research that can aid the species’ conservation in the wild.
 
 
 

Programme numbers

In November 2022, the Lion-tailed macaque EEP had 327 animals in 48 institutions.

Programme highlights

  • EAZA published the 2021 Annual TAG report. On pages 36-38 you can find the activities of the Afro-Eurasian Monkey TAG. 
  • Zooquaria issue 109 (Autumn 2020, page 16–17) features an interview with Tjerk ter Meulen (Afro–Eurasian Monkey TAG Chair) about the TAG's plans for the species under their remit.