Assam Macaque

Taxobox
name = Assam MacaqueMSW3 Groves|pages=161]


status = NT
trend = down
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Eudey "et al"|year=2000|id=12549|title=Macaca assamensis|downloaded=2006-05-11 Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Macaca"
species = "M. assamensis"
binomial = "Macaca assamensis"
binomial_authority = (McClelland, 1840)
range_

range_map_caption=Range (in red)

The Assam Macaque ("Macaca assamensis") is a macaque lives throughout much of southern and southeast Asia, including India, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand and southern China. It is a diurnal animal. It lives in semi-deciduous and montane forests.

The Assamese Macaque is endangered in some places due to destruction of its habitat.

It is 50-73 cm long plus a tail of 19-38 cm. Males weigh 10-14.5 kg, females 8-12 kg.

The Assam Macaques feed on fruits, leaves, invertebrates and cereals.

Two subspecies of the Assam Macaque are recognized:
* Eastern Assamese Macaque, "Macaca assamensis assamensis"
* Western Assamese Macaque, "Macaca assamensis pelops"

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