Estimates recently published by the Council of Agriculture put the monkey population in our mountain forests at almost 10,000 family groups, or 250,000 individuals-a sizeable figure.
近來農委會發佈台灣獼猴口數統計，發現寶島山林裡住有將近一萬群、相當於二十五萬隻獼猴，儼然成為寶島土地上重要的靈長類族群之一。