Where to see the Lion-tailed Macaque

Macaca silenus · mammal · Cercopithecidae

Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) is recorded in 5 protected areas and wildlife sites across 1 country in our database. The places with the strongest evidence are Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (India), Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary (India) and Parambikulam Tiger Reserve ESZ (Proposed) (India).

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Where is the best place to see the Lion-tailed Macaque?

Based on GBIF records and our guides, the best-documented places to see the Lion-tailed Macaque are Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (India), Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary (India) and Parambikulam Tiger Reserve ESZ (Proposed) (India). It appears in 2 trip reports in our library.

Top 5 places for the Lion-tailed Macaque

Seen on trips

The Lion-tailed Macaque is recorded in these trip reports:

• South India Mammal Watching Trip Report, April-May 2017: Royle Safaris — Royle Safaris
• Western Ghats and Mumbai Mammal Watching Trip Report 2011 — Jon Hall (mammalwatching.com)

Tours that have recorded it

• Western Ghats Rare & Endemic Wildlife Tour — Royle Safaris

In our guides

Read the full species account in our India guide.

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Photo: N.A.Nazeer, CC BY-SA 2.5 in.

GBIF downloads: India.

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.