In Colombia we call a class of amio or primate macaco. Mico , monkey, amio. The macaque is an ape belonging to the cercopithecidae family (Old World Apes). Amio of the genus Macaca . The term macaque is widely used in Mexico in a pejorative way to insult someone of a black race. In Colombia he is also macaque is a person disguised during the village festivities. Matachín. Ugly. childish character with which it scares children.