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Barbary macaque
(Macaca sylvanus)
31.6333, -8
Field Notes
Description:
The monkey is yellowish-brown to grey with lighter undersides, growing to a maximum size of 75 cm (30 in) and 16 kg (29 lb). Its face is a dark pink and its tail is vestigial. The front limbs of this monkey are longer than its hind limbs. Females are somewhat smaller than males.
Habitat:
Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, possibly introduced, population in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species.
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