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By Mongabay.com For a small village near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka, “snow-white monkeys” have become a major ...
An albino toque macaque subadult photographed at the Minneriya National Park in Sri Lanka appeared weaker than its siblings and was considered to be at risk from aerial predators due to being easy ...
For a small village near the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka, “snow-white monkeys” have become a major tourist ...
An outsider male macaque has issued a direct challenge to the leader of a toque macaque clan. If he wins, he'll become the new alpha and could decide to murder his ousted rival's offspring.
The toque macaques of Polonnaruwa, who shot to fame through many internationally acclaimed documentaries, are part of the longest-running study of primates in the world. Kumudini Hettiarachchi reports ...
Planet Earth Live Specials, A Monkey's Tale In pictures: A Monkey's Tale A closer look at the Toque macaques living in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, and featured in this episode.
Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod (Sri Lanka) finds this serene scene of a young toque macaque sleeping in an adult’s arms. Vinod was visiting Wilpattu National Park in north-west Sri Lanka with his ...
These creatures are protected by law. In 2023, the country’s agricultural minister proposed sending 100,000 toque macaques to Chinese zoos. The toque macaque is a reddish-brown-coloured monkey.
They captured the incredible real life stories of Moja the five month old lion cub, Maya the newborn elephant calf, Gremlin the baby toque macaque, Sam, Sophie and Sybil the three adorable black ...
In addition to white purple-faced langurs, naturalists and researchers in Sri Lanka have reported albino individuals of toque macaques and gray langurs as well. This is a summary of “In a land ...