TEMPLE AND PET PRIMATES IN THAILAND

Ardith A. EUDEY*

Abstract

Introduction

In Thailand, a predominantly Buddhist country, what are now isolated populations of macaques, especially long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) but also other species, may be found at temples (wat ) in both rural and urban areas where they have been donated and/or are provisioned by people making merit. A recent, though not exhaustive, survey identified 52 sites throughout Thailand at

Rev. Ecol. (Terre Vie), vol. 49, 1994.

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