What Animal Lives Where

Where has the rhesus monkey been recorded?

Macaca mulatta occurrence evidence comes from 412 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1866 to 2026. Most records come from India.

MammaliaPrimatesCercopithecidaeMacaca

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

412 records across 14 countries and territories, 1866–2026.

Macaca mulatta · GBIF taxon key 2436604

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18662026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where rhesus monkey has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for rhesus monkey. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
India 142
Nepal 84
United States 47
Myanmar 46
China 27
Vietnam 20
Hong Kong 18
Laos 13
Bangladesh 5
Thailand 4
Pakistan 3
Afghanistan 1
Indonesia 1
Puerto Rico 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.