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Table 1.3. Major traders of M. fascicularis with total number of
individuals and declared sources (2004-2008).

Source

Exporter C W F I U R

China 11,585.1 x 1,236 662 20 x

Indonesia 4,350 2,080 10,100 350 x 250

Mauritius 696 10,485.1 58,178.5 386 x x

Philippines 107,398.1 1,760 x 153 x x

Vietnam 33,744 32,774 1,670 x x x

C-captive bred, W-wild caught, F-f1 or subsequent generations, I-confiscated/seized,
U-unknown, R-ranched.

Table 1.4. Numbers of M. fascicularis
imported into the US from 2004-2008.

Year Individuals

2004 16,844

2005 24,629

2006 25,878

2007 24,112

2008 26,509

comprising more than 45 percent of the total international trade between
2004 and 2008) ( Table 1.4 ) . In addition the US imported large quantities
of derivatives, bones and specimens of long-tailed macaques ( Table 1.5 ).
In a report by Fooden ( 2006 ) it is suggested that there were approximately
three million long-tailed macaques in Southeast Asia. If these population
estimates are remotely accurate, the trade levels seen from 2004-2008 are
extremely unsustainable.
Long-tailed macaques are considered common in Southeast Asia, but
local declines have recently been reported by conservation organizations
and macaque hunters alike. For example, in the Cambodian province
Ratanakiri farmers reported that no macaques were harvested due to drastic
population declines (Eudey, 2008 ). Levels of capture and export are consid-
ered to be unsustainable and acquisition is often carried out in violation of
national laws and CITES. As such, investigation and population censusing
is urgently needed to determine the actual numbers of macaques being har-
vested from the wild and the quantity being laundered into the international