The Bonnet Macaque[1], also called Zati, is a species of macaque native to southern India.
- Bonnet macaques get their common name from a unique feature: a hood-like tuft of hair that extends from the top of their head, much like a tuft of dry grass.
- Framed by large ears, a bonnet macaque’s wrinkled, hairless face commands attention. The face is pink in females.
- Their marble-round eyes look out into the world with a very expressive forehead.
- As is common in many Old-World monkeys, the species has cheek pouches for storing food and narrow, downward-pointing nostrils.
- They skillfully navigate through their world with color-seeing eyes and nimble, sensitive hands.
