Toque macaque

Toque macaque
At Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. sinica
Binomial name
Macaca sinica
(Linnaeus, 1771)
  Dry Zone Toque Macaque
  Wet Zone Toque Macaque
  Highland Toque Macaque
3d model of skeleton
juvenile M. s. sinica
Allogrooming between two toque macaques

The toque macaque (/tɒk məˈkæk/; Macaca sinica) is a reddish-brown-coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known as the riḷawā (Sinhala: රිළවා), (hence the English word rillow). Its name refers to the whorl of hair at the crown of the head, reminiscent of a brimless toque cap.

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