New Arunachal monkey named after Sela pass.

May 30, 2022

A new species of old-world monkey, “The Sela Macaque” was geographically separated from the Arunachal Macaque by the Sela, an eastern Himalayan pass located at an altitude of 13,700 feet.
Sela macaque (Macaca selai),the new-to-science primate was identified and analysed by a team of experts from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and the University of Calcutta.
Phylogenetics relates to the evolutionary development and diversification of a species or group of organisms.
The phylog enetic analysis revealed that the Sela macaque was geographically separated from the Arunachal macaque ( Macaca munzala) of the Tawang district by Sela.