Phylogeography and taxonomy of macaques in Himalaya, Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka

对南亚猕猴的系统发育和种间竞争进行了研究。在不丹和尼泊尔，它们与恒河猴的栖息地隔离有所不同。mtDNA研究揭示的系统地理关系表明，斯里兰卡猕猴从印度帽猴进化而来的时间较早，在岛上有两个不同的猴群，一个在高地，另一个在低地。

Phylogeny and interspecific competition were studied for macaques in South Asia. A wide range of Himalayan region was occupied by the western subspecies of Assamese macaques including a postulated new species of Arunachal macaques in India. Those in Bhutan and Nepal showed variation in the habitat segregation with rhesus macaques. Phylogeographical relation revealed by mtDNA study suggested that speciation of toque macaques in Sri Lanka from bonnet monkeys in India was old and there are two distinctive groups of monkeys, one in highland and the other in lowland, in the island.