Rhesus macaque Rhesus macaque The rhesus macaque ("Macaca mulatta") is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and its tolerance of a broad range of habitats. Native to South, Central, and Southeast Asia, rhesus macaque have the widest geographic ranges of any nonhuman primate, occupying a great diversity of altitudes and a great variety of habitats, from grasslands to arid and forested areas, but also close to human settlements. The rhesus macaque is brown or grey in
Ack-Ack Macaque the novel as "inventive" with "brilliant cliffhangers" and a "satisfying conclusion". Philip Reeve said that the novel "could all be quite exhausting, but it's done with such obvious enthusiasm that it's impossible not to be carried along by it." The novel was a joint winner of the 2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel with Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice. Ack-Ack Macaque Ack-Ack Macaque is a science fiction novel by English writer Gareth L. Powell. "Ack-Ack Macaque" is based on Powell's earlier short story of the same name, which won the "Interzone" reader's poll in 2007. The original short story is included