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Toque Macaque

Macaca sinica

Description:

These monkeys are light reddish blond in colour, with a pink face and a weird kind of toupet like hairstyle! Lighter chest, pointy ears and black hands.

Habitat:

At the Golden Temple in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Near jungle. 12.00

Notes:

Loads of these monkeys hanging around the Temple Area. See also http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/118... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/118... These little ones where everywhere, but where in Thailand the Macaques are forces to reckon with these were very unaggressive and just did their own thing without disturbing us or trying to steal food from bags or tourists.

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Muckpuk
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Muckpuk

Sri Lanka

Spotted on Dec 24, 2014
Submitted on Jan 22, 2015

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