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It depends on rainforests for food and shelter, and is not found in dry forests except where it ranges in the Himalayan region of India, only spending time in secondary forests if it is bordering old-growth forest tropical forests. [5] With its thick fur, the stump-tailed macaque can live in cold climates at elevations up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft ...
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The monkey's size differs depending on sex and species. Males from all species can range from 41 to 70 cm (16 to 28 inches) in head and body length, and in weight from 5.5 to 18 kg (12.13 to 39.7 lb). [ 6 ]
Popa langurs are small monkeys that only weigh around 15 pounds. They measure 20–23 inches from the head to the base of the tail. Their tails are longer than their bodies at around 31 inches ...
The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived.
Squirrel monkey in Yacuma Park, Bolivia. Squirrel monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri. Saimiri is the only genus in the subfamily Saimiriinae.The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (sai-mirím or çai-mbirín, with sai meaning 'monkey' and mirím meaning 'small') [3] and was also used as an English name by early researchers.
Dozens of monkeys trying to quench their thirst drowned in a well in eastern India as the country continued to battle a scorching heatwave that has dried up many water bodies.. At least 32 monkeys ...
India is the world's 8th most biodiverse region with a 0.46 BioD score on diversity index, 102,718 species of fauna and 23.39% of the nation's geographical area under forest and tree cover in 2020. [1]