Heck's macaque

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Heck's macaque[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

The Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) is a

diurnal
.

Heck's Macaques live within groups of 10 to 15 individuals in home ranges of 100 hectares. The males leave the group they 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]

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