Toque macaque (Macaca sinica)

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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).