Assam macaque

The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis), also called the Assamese macaque, is a macaque of the Old World monkey family that lives across South and Southeast Asia. It has yellowish-grey to dark brown fur, a dark brownish to purplish face, and a dark fringe of hair on the cheeks that sweeps back toward the ears, while the hair on the crown is parted in the middle. The shoulders, head and arms are paler than the greyish hindquarters, and the tail is short and well haired. The head and body measure about 51 to 73.5 centimetres, the tail 15 to 30 centimetres, and adults weigh 5 to 10 kilograms. In Nepal it is found east of the Kali Gandaki river between roughly 200 and 1,800 metres, and in northeastern India it occupies tropical and subtropical semi-evergreen forest, dry deciduous forest and montane forest up to about 4,000 metres. It is active by day, moves both in the trees and on the ground, and eats fruit, leaves, invertebrates and cereals. Poaching, loss and fragmentation of habitat and hybridisation with neighbouring macaques threaten it, and it has been listed as Near Threatened since 2008 and is placed in CITES Appendix II.