#0409 · 🦊 mammals

Toque Macaque

🇳🇱 Ceylonkroonaap ·Macaca sinica

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © trboot · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Michael Jacobi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Amila Kanchana · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Sri Lanka:© Kristof Zyskowski · CC BY 4.0
5. Sri Lanka:© Frank Andresen · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sri Lanka:© Pasindu Dilshan Abegunawaradhana · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Sri Lanka:© Hiran Amarasekera · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sri Lanka:© Roman Prokhorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sri Lanka:© tvp · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. Sri Lanka:© dogsarethecoolest · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The toque macaque ( Macaca sinica ) is a reddish-brown-coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known as the rilewa or rilawa (Sinhala රිළවා), (hence "rillow" in the Oxford English Dictionary ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,971iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,971 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1771 (255 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.