Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan
M D Madhusudan ಮೈಸೂರು ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮಧುಸೂದನ | |
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M. D. Madhusudan, in 2009. | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Yuvaraja College, Mysore |
| Known for | Human-wildlife conflict, discovery of Arunachal macaque |
| Awards | Whitley Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Wildlife Conservation, Conservation Biology, Ecology |
| Institutions | Nature Conservation Foundation |
| Doctoral advisor | Anindya Sinha |
Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮಧುಸೂದನ) is an Indian wildlife biologist and ecologist. He is the co-founder of Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. He has worked on understanding and mitigating the effects of human-wildlife conflict in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in South India. He has also worked in several other forests in the Himalayas and North-east India. In 2004, he was one among the team of wildlife biologists who described Arunachal macaque, a new species of macaque from Arunachal Pradesh, India.