Toque macaque Toque macaque 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"). With age, the face of females turn slightly pink, prominent in the subsp. "sinica". "M. s. sinica" is found from the Vavuniya, Mannar, up to the lowlands of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, and Kurunegala along the arid zone of Monaragala, and Hambantota districts. "M. s. aurifrons" can be found sympatrically with subsp. "sinica" within intermediate regions of the country, such as Kegalle, parts of Kurunegala. They
Macaque and have become an invasive species in some human inhabited landscapes, such as the island of Mauritius and Silver Springs State Park in Florida. Macaques can be a threat to conservation, along with a threat to human wellbeing through carrying transmittable and fatal diseases. Currently, macaques as an invasive species are handled with several control methods. Aside from humans (genus "Homo"), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from Japan to the Indian subcontinent, and in the case of the barbary macaque ("Macaca sylvanus"), to North Africa and Southern Europe. Twenty-three macaque species are currently recognized, all of