The Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) is a macaque of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This Old World monkey is diurnal.
| Heck's macaque[1] | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. hecki
|
| Binomial name | |
| Macaca hecki (Matschie, 1901)
| |
| |
| Heck's macaque range | |
Heck's macaques live within groups of 10 to 15 individuals in home ranges of 100 hectares. The males leave the group they are born in when they become sexually mature and join other groups to avoid inbreeding. Although capable of climbing trees, Heck's Macaques spend most of their time on the ground looking for flowers, tubers, sprouts, insects, mollusks, and sometimes small vertebrates to consume.[3]
References
edit- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Lee, R.; Riley, E.; Sangermano, F.; Cannon, C.; Shekelle, M (2020). "Macaca hecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T12570A17948969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T12570A17948969.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Suprianta, Jatna (January 25, 2022). Field Guide to the Primates of Indonesia. Switzerland: Springer Nature. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-3-030-83205-6.
External links
edit
