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title: "Assam Macaque"
description: "Macaca assamensis — Mammiferi. The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) or Assamese macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/assam-macaque
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Assam Macaque

> Macaca assamensis — Mammiferi. The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) or Assamese macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Macaca assamensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 676
- Wikidata: [Q738925](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738925)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43454](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43454)

## Names

- en: Assam Macaque
- de: Bergrhesus
- es: Macaca Del Himalaya
- fr: Macaque d'Assam
- nl: Assammakaak
- pl: Makak brodaty

## Countries with the most observations

BT (195), IN (158), TH (126), NP (54), CN (35), VN (28), BD (8)

## Summary

The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) or Assamese macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as it is experiencing significant declines due to poaching, habitat degradation, and fragmentation.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam_macaque

## Photo

![Assam Macaque](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/assam-macaque/medium.jpg)

Photo: SUBHASHGHULE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364956261

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/assam-macaque?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).