Southern India, wet forests. Terrestrial and arboreal. Coat is black-gray around face in an outstanding ruff. Tail has a slight tuft at the tip. Endangered due to habitat shrinkage and an inability to adapt to encroaching successional habitats.
Breeding occurs all year round.
Single young are born after 6 months gestation and become adult at four years of age. Lion-tailed macaques live in troops of varying size. Males lead and maintain discipline, live within a more well defined dominance order than females. They are diurnal. Related Websites Lion-tailed macaques are at home on the ground, but they also like to swim.