Assam Macaque

The Assam macaque^[1], also known as Assamese macaque, is a macaque of the Old-World monkey family endemic to South and Southeast Asia. Assam is another state in India.

• Adults have red skin that can give their hairless faces a purplish tint. Assamese monkeys have amber or light green eyes.
• Their coat can be any combination of gold, red, light gray, or dark brown. They sometimes have white fur on their bellies and bibs.
• Some appear to have their hair parted down the middle. They have more expressive facial expressions than many movie stars.

• Eating everything from fruits to 55 types of flowers, leaves, seeds, and bark, these macaque monkeys adapt their diet to suit their habitat.
• Like other macaque species, Assam macaques have cheek pouches that they use to store food later, allowing them to fit much more in their mouths than they can eat at a time.
• These Assam monkeys are mainly arboreal and spend most of their time in trees, but can also walk on the ground on all fours (four-legged) if necessary.
• All macaques are matrilineal, meaning the hierarchy is premised on a female-determined family structure that exists through generations.
• Like all macaques, the Assam macaque has various call types. They have vocal calls identified within-species, out-of-species, when babies are weaned, and when angry, playful, or in a rainbow of emotions.