34 LLOYD S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Macaciis pikatits, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng., xvi., p. 1272 (1847) > 

 Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 29 (1870) ; Anderson, 

 Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 91 (1878; with synonymy); 

 Blanf., Faun. Brit. Ind., Mamm., p. 24 (1891). 

 Cercocebus ptleatuSy Schl., Mus. Pays-Bas, vii., p. 98 (1876). 



Characters. — Closely allied to M. sinicus ; muzzle narrow 

 and protruding; hair in general long, wavy, rough; on the 

 head elongated, radiating from the centre of the top of 

 the head, extending down on to the forehead, and occasion- 

 ally rising into an erect tuft ; tail equal in length to the body ; 

 forehead thinly haired and wrinkled. Length, 13 inches; tail, 

 14^, in some reaching 21 inches; tail, 18 inches. 



In coloration the Toque closely resembles the Bonnet 

 Macaque, but the upper-parts are more rufous, the hairs of the 

 present species (though ringed as in M. sifticus) being above the 

 grey roots rufous-brown, or golden with a shade of chestnut at 

 the tips. It is easily distinguished, however, by the face being 

 livid flesh-coloured, with scattered black hairs, and the margin 

 of the upper lip black ; a space about the ears whitish ; hands, 

 feet, and ears blackish ; the under surface of the body and the 

 inner aspect of the limbs whitish ; upper surface of the tail 

 brown, its apex light brown or grey ; callosities livid flesh-colour. 



Female. — Limbs redder than in the male ; inner side of the 

 arms, and patches on the chest and belly indigo blue. 



Young. — Hair of the crown not so much flattened down or so 

 radiating as in the adult ; the face more old-fashioned and 

 exquisitely comical ; the tail nearly naked ; and the cheeks, 

 palms, soles, and callosities pale pinkish. (Templeton) 



Distribution. — The Toque Macaque holds in Ceylon the place 

 occupied by the Bonnet Macaque in Southern India. 



