Habitat
Its preferred habitat includes mangroves, other coastal forests and riverine environments; however it is also found in inland forests at altitudes of up to 600 metres (2,000 ft) above mean sea level The highest point in the Nicobars, Mount Thullier on Great Nicobar, is some 642 metres (2,106 ft) high. In particular, areas of forest with trees of sp. Pandanus are favoured. Bands of these macaques living in coastal zones tend towards a more terrestrial existence and spend less time living in the trees than do the more arboreal populations of the inland forest zones. Each band has a favoured territory, preferentially close to a water source, over which they roam; this territory measures some 1.25 square kilometres (310 acres) on average.
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