ABSTRACTThe interaction between long-tailed monkey, Macaca fascicularis Raffles (Primate: Cercopithecidae) and human,Homo sapiens Linnaeus has been increased in last few decades due to the tremendous increase in the populations ofboth species in Botanical Gardens Penang (BGP), Malaysia. They were interrelated in their environment; therefore,M. fascicularis has been disturbed due to human activities. In turn, M. fascicularis re-emerged with an effective andhigh-level reaction to human population. The present research was conducted to observe the interaction between M.fascicularis and H. sapiens by using scan sampling method in BGP, Malaysia during March 2012-February 2013.Their behavioural interactions were found significant (p<0.001) with all aspects. However, the highest behaviour ofM. fascicularis was attacking (2.2±0.9) and the lowest was vocalization (0.2±0.4) compared with its all activities(X2=1832.9; p<0.001; n=215), moreover, the highest behaviour of H. sapiens was giving food (2.16±0.8) and thelowest was hand clapping (0.2±0.4) compared with all activities (X2=927.6; p<0.001; n=119). The attackingbehaviour of M. fascicularis was positively correlated with feeding, eating, grooming and snatching, however, itwas negatively correlated with running, vocalization, playing and exploiting garbage. From the human activities,the feeding was positively correlated with throwing food, confliction and going close, however, it was negativelycorrelated with gesture, running, hand clapping and playing. It was concluded that the behaviour of M. fasciculariswas insecure in BGP where both were coexisted. The management of respective locales were recommended toformulate practical strategies to avoid or decrease the interaction between both
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