HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER HAPLORRHINI
--> INFRAORDER SIMIIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Cercopithecoidea
--> FAMILY Cercopithecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cercopithecinae
--> GENUS Macaca
SPECIES Macaca sinica
Author: | Linnaeus, 1771. | Citation: | Mantissa Plantarum, 2(Appendix): 521. | Common Name: | Toque Macaque | Type Locality: | Probably Sri Lanka; see Fooden (1979). | Distribution: | Sri Lanka. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Endangered as M. s. opisthomelas, otherwise Vulnerable as M. s. aurifrons and M. s. sinica. | Comments: | M. sinica species group. See Fooden (1979). |
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