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
Barbary macaque he should mate. This is further supported by the fact that male ejaculation peaks at the same time that female sexual swelling peaks. There is not a sufficient change in female sexual behaviour around the time of ovulation in order to demonstrate to the male that the female is fertile. The swellings, therefore, appear necessary for predicting fertility. Barbary macaque females differ from other non-human primates in that they often mate with a majority of the males in their social group. While females are active in choosing sexual associations, the mating behaviour of macaque social groups is not entirely determined