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rhesus monkey
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rhesus monkey: see macaque macaque (məkäk`), name for Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca, related to mangabeys, mandrills, and baboons.
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Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta).
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Sand-coloured macaque (Macaca mulatta), widespread in South and Southeast Asian forests. Rhesus monkeys are 17–25 in. (43–64 cm) long, excluding the furry 8–12-in. (20–30-cm) tail, and weigh 10–24 lb (4.5–11 kg). They eat fruits, seeds, roots, herbs, and insects. They are held sacred in some parts of India. Hardy in captivity, highly intelligent, and lively, they make good pets when young but may become bad-tempered as adults. They have been used frequently in medical research. The determination of the Rh (from rhesus) factor in human blood involves reaction with the blood of this species. See also Rh blood-group system.



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Each painting in The Upper Room, 1999-2002 (a name chosen not only because this was the gallery's second floor but because Christ's last meal with his disciples occurred in the upper room of an inn), carries the hieratic image of a vessel-bearing monkey: a rhesus macaque, an animal described in the show catalogue as "loud, active, entertaining, fearsomely intelligent--the consummate cheeky monkey.
Victoria Miro Gallery. (Reviews) by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International
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