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Heck's macaque

Macaca hecki (Matschie, 1901)

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The heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 5.46 kg to 9.07 kg and live up to 31.7 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki)
Photo: Stavenn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the heck's macaque

Weight
5.46 kg – 9.07 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
31.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
37.6 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
172 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
3 years – 4.08 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.8src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the heck's macaque live?

Not recorded

What is the heck's macaque?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) is a macaque of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This Old World monkey is diurnal.

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Heck's macaque” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heck%27s_macaque&oldid=1380908155), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the heck's macaque endangered?

The heck's macaque is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

How is the heck's macaque classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusMacaca
  7. SpeciesMacaca hecki (Matschie, 1901)

Synonyms Macaca tonkeana hecki, Papio hecki

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Heck s macaqueEnglish
  • Heck’s macaqueEnglish
  • Heck’s macaqueEnglish
  • مكاك هيكيArabic
  • makak HeckůvCzech
  • HeckmakakGerman
  • Heck-MakakGerman
  • Macaco de HeckSpanish
  • Macaque à crêteFrench
  • Macaque de HeckFrench
  • DiheIndonesian
  • Macaco di HeckItalian
  • ヘックモンキーJapanese
  • Hecks MakaakDutch
  • makak ciemnyPolish
  • Macaco-de-HeckPortuguese
  • Heck şebeğiTurkish
  • 黑克獼猴Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the heck's macaque

Other species in the same genus Macaca.

CompareHeck's macaque vs Rhesus macaqueHeck's macaque vs Barbary macaqueHeck's macaque vs Japanese macaqueHeck's macaque vs Crab-eating macaque

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the heck's macaque?

An adult heck's macaque weighs 5.46 kg – 9.07 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the heck's macaque endangered?

The heck's macaque is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the heck's macaque live?

The heck's macaque has a recorded lifespan of 31.7 years.

How long is the heck's macaque pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 172 days.

What kind of animal is the heck's macaque?

The heck's macaque (Macaca hecki) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/heck-s-macaque

MLA

“Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/heck-s-macaque.

BibTeX
@misc{heck_s_macaque_2026,
  title = {Heck's macaque (Macaca hecki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/heck-s-macaque},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}