Rhesus Macaque

Where to see

Rhesus Macaque

Macaca mulatta

Kaziranga National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rhesus Macaque during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
2 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
3 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
~70%
4 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
5 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~60%
6 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
~60%
7 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~40%
8 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
~40%
9 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
10 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Rhesus Macaque?

Kaziranga National Park

In Kaziranga National Park, India, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Rhesus Macaque sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Rhesus Macaque?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March and December in Kaziranga National Park (about 80%), March in Keoladeo National Park (about 80%) and April, August, October and December–February in Sundarbans National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rhesus Macaque on a given day. Each park's Rhesus Macaque page has the full month-by-month chart.