Barbary macaque facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Barbary macaque |
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| Young Barbary macaque with its mother | |
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Macaca
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sylvanus
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Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), also known as Barbary ape or magot, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco. It is one of the best-known Old World monkey species.
Images for kids
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Skull and brain, as illustrated in Gervais' Histoire naturelle des mammifères
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Head of individual at the Prague Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic
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Hands and feet
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Barbary macaques at the Ziama Mansouriah in Jijel Province, Algeria
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Closeup of the face of a juvenile in Gibraltar
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Illustration from the 19th century
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Female Barbary macaque with young suckling
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