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  2. Monkey - Wikipedia

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    Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes ...

  3. Macaque - Wikipedia

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    Aside from humans (genus Homo ), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from Japan to the Indian subcontinent, and in the case of the Barbary macaque ( Macaca sylvanus ), to North Africa and Southern Europe. Twenty-three macaque species are currently recognized. Macaques are robust primates whose arms and legs are about the ...

  4. Simian - Wikipedia

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    Simian. The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder ( Simiiformes / ˈsɪmi.ɪfɔːrmiːz /) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders Platyrrhini (New World monkeys) and Catarrhini, the latter of which consists of the family Cercopithecidae ( Old ...

  5. Old World monkey - Wikipedia

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    The smallest Old World monkey is the talapoin, with a head and body 34–37 centimetres (13–15 in) in length, and weighing between 0.7 and 1.3 kilograms (1.5 and 2.9 lb). The largest is the male mandrill, around 70 centimetres (28 in) in length, and weighing up to 50 kilograms (110 lb) [6] Old World monkeys have a variety of facial features ...

  6. Infinite monkey theorem - Wikipedia

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    The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare. In fact, the monkey would almost surely type every possible finite text an infinite number of times.

  7. Heat-related monkey deaths are now reported in several ... - AOL

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    Heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico have been recorded in a total of four states, environmental authorities said. Mexico's Environment Department said late Tuesday that monkey deaths have ...

  8. Spider monkey - Wikipedia

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    Geoffroy, 1806. Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus Ateles, part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The genus consists of seven species, all of which are under threat; the brown spider monkey is ...

  9. Barbary macaque - Wikipedia

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    The Barbary macaque ( Macaca sylvanus ), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar. [2] It is the type species of the genus Macaca. The species is of particular interest because males play an atypical role in rearing young ...

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