Citizen’s Perceptions of Urban Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in the City of Palenque (Mexico): A Case Study to Aid Policy Decisions

Lethal dog attacks on adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in an anthropogenic landscape

“… 2021 ), black howler monkeys ( Aloutta pigra ) (Franquesa-Soler et al. 2023 ), Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata ) (Hill 2014 ), young female and infant barbary macaques ( Macaca sylvanus ) (Waters et al. 2017 ), juvenile long tailed macaques ( Macaca fascicularis ) (Riley et al.…”

“…However, aggression between rhesus macaques and smaller predators such as dogs is commonly observed, and predation on rhesus macaque infants and unknown individuals by dogs has been reported (Anderson 1986;Chetry et al 2005). There are several cases of dogs preying on or harassing other nonhuman primates species, including brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba) (da Silva et al 2021), black howler monkeys (Aloutta pigra) (Franquesa-Soler et al 2023), Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) (Hill 2014), young female and infant barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) (Waters et al 2017), juvenile long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) (Riley et al 2015), and Central Himalayan langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus) (Nautiyal et al 2023), among others (see an early review by Anderson 1986, and recent review by Waters et al 2023). Perhaps surprisingly, there are few published reports about rhesus macaque-dog interactions (Anderson 1986;Chetry et al 2005), yet detailed records of such interactions are needed to understand how dogs might shape the socioecology of nonhuman primates in human-impacted landscapes (Gompper 2014).…”

Case report on lethal dog attacks on adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in an anthropogenic landscape

“…Cases of predation or harassment by dogs on nonhuman primates have been reported across the primate order. Predation and attacks on brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba) (da Silva et al, 2021), black howler monkeys (Aloutta pigra) (Franquesa-Soler et al, 2023), Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) infants (Hill, 2014), young female and infant barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) (Waters et al, 2017), juvenile long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) (Riley et al, 2015) and Central Himalayan langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus) (Nautiyal et al, 2023) have been recently reported, along with several other cases from earlier (reviewed in Anderson, 1986). Despite both being some of the most widespread non-human animals, surprisingly little is known (or reported) about rhesus macaque-dog interactions.…”