• Sudemsha Muchahary
• Arup Nama Das

The study was conducted from November'2018 to April'2019 to know the Mortality Pattern of Rhesus Macaque at Basistha Temple Kamrup district of Assam. During the whole survey it has been found that among the groups of Rhesus macaque in Basistha Temple the mortality cases are very frequent. As our survey reports presenting the macaques are mostly injured due to Accident that is 63%. Accidents occur due to playing on the electricity poles, beaten by human, during playing and by Vehicles in the temple premise. The macaques are suffered from a lot of Viral, Bacterial & Fungal infections. An around 32% case has been found where these macaques are suffered because of infections as reported. During the survey from September 2018 to April 2019 around 5% cases of death has been found. The deaths occurred due to disease, accidents, vehicular accidents, electrocution and beaten up by human have been found.

Temple Primates, Rhesus macaque, Electrocution, Accidents, Disease, Death.

"A Review on the Mortality Pattern of Rhesus macaque at Basistha Temple, Kamrup district of Assam, India ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.2160-2169, April 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004498.pdf

"A Review on the Mortality Pattern of Rhesus macaque at Basistha Temple, Kamrup district of Assam, India ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp2160-2169, April 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004498.pdf