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Barbary macaque

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Barbary macaque

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Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvana).
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Tailless, terrestrial monkey (Macaca sylvana) found in groups in Algeria and Morocco and on the Rock of Gibraltar. It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long and has yellowish brown fur and a bald, pale pink face. Lacking a tail, this macaque has often been incorrectly called an ape. It is the only wild monkey in Europe and may have arrived in medieval times, taken westward during the Muslim Arab territorial expansion. According to legend, British dominion over Gibraltar will end when the Barbary macaque departs.



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Retrospective serosurveillance showed that only 1 Barbary macaque was seropositive at the start of the outbreak.
Cowpox virus transmission from rats to monkeys, the Netherlands by Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
For Professor Andrea Camperio, primatologist at Italy's University of Padova, the Barbary macaque is a victim--not the cause--of the cedar forests' degradation.
Barbary macaques: wrongly accused? by Asselin, Olivier / E
Legend says as long as the Barbary macaques live there, so will the British.
Planet, er, Peninsula of the apes. (Photo) by New York Times Upfront
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