Toque macaque  (Macaca sinica)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Cercopithecidae
Genus Macaca (1)
Size Head-body length: 43 - 53 cm (2)
Tail length: 47 - 62 cm (2)
Female weight: 2.3 – 4.3 kg (3)
Male weight: 4.1 – 8.4 kg (3)

Status

The toque macaque (Macaca sinica) is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1), and is listed under Appendix II of CITES (4). The lowland wet zone toque macaque (subspecies Macaca sinica aurifrons) and dry zone toque macaque (subspecies Macaca sinica sinica) are both classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1).