Wildlifeof Thailand
Assamese Macaque
Cercopithecidae
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Macaca assamensis
Basic stats
Diet
Fruit, young leaves, shoots, seeds, insects and other animal food
Habitat
Hill and montane forest, including limestone seasonal rainforest
Range
Eastern Himalaya through southern China and northern mainland Southeast Asia
The Assamese macaque is a robust, medium-sized macaque of the eastern Himalaya, southern China and northern mainland Southeast Asia. Its brown to grey-brown coat contrasts with a pinkish face, and the tail is much shorter than the body. It lives in multi-male, multi-female troops and travels both on the ground and in trees (Mammal Diversity Database; specialist macaque studies).
It occupies hill and montane forest, including limestone seasonal rainforest. Diet varies sharply with habitat: fruit, young leaves, shoots, seeds, insects and other animal food are recorded, while one Chinese limestone population relied heavily on young bamboo leaves. Research in Thailand documents strongly seasonal reproduction rather than year-round breeding (species-level dietary and reproductive studies). It is Nationally Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Assamese Macaque eat?
- Fruit, young leaves, shoots, seeds, insects and other animal food
- What habitat does the Assamese Macaque live in?
- Hill and montane forest, including limestone seasonal rainforest
- Where is the Assamese Macaque found?
- Eastern Himalaya through southern China and northern mainland Southeast Asia