Food Preference of Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) in the Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan
Food Preference of Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) in the Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan
Shahzad Aslam1*, Amjad Rashid Kayani2, Muhammad Irfan Ashraf3, Muhammad Azhar Jameel2 and Kiran Sahar4
Map showing study sites of rhesus monkey in the study area (MHNP) Islamabad.
Fecal pellets of rhesus monkey from the MHNP, Islamabad.
Identified food components from mechanical analysis of fecal pellets of rhesus monkey collected from MHNP.
The species richness in micro-histological fecal analysis of Rhesus monkey.
Food composition of Rhesus monkey in the MHNP, Islamabad.
Food resources preference by adult females (A), juveniles females (B), adult males (C), and sub-adults (D) in the study area.
(A) shows the percentage consumption of major provisioned foods. (B) consumption rate of single piece of provisioned food item by the Rhesus monkey in MHNP.
