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2. Cercopithecinae - Wikipedia

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   The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys.Most cercopithecine monkeys are limited to sub-Saharan Africa, although the macaques range from the far eastern parts of Asia through northern Africa, as well as on Gibraltar.

3. Golden lion tamarin - Wikipedia

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   The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado [ˈmiku leˈɐ̃w do(w)ˈɾadu,-liˈɐ̃w-]), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species. [5]

4. Monkey - Wikipedia

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   Monkey is the symbol of fourth Tirthankara in Jainism, Abhinandananatha. [72] [73] Hanuman, a prominent deity in Hinduism, is a human-like monkey god who is believed to bestow courage, strength and longevity to the person who thinks about him or Rama. In Buddhism, the monkey is an early incarnation of Buddha but may also represent trickery and ...

5. Mandrill - Wikipedia

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   The mandrill is the most sexually dimorphic primate, [22] and it is the largest monkey. [23] Females are less stocky and have shorter, flatter snouts. [19] Males have a 70–95 cm (28–37 in) head-body length and weigh 19–30 kg (42–66 lb) while females have a 55–70 cm (22–28 in) head-body length and weigh 10–15 kg (22–33 lb). [24]

6. De Brazza's monkey - Wikipedia

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   The lifespan of the De Brazza's monkey is thought to correspond similarly to other members of Cercopithecus which live up to 22 years in the wild and 30 years in captivity. [8] Its cryptic nature makes the De Brazza's monkey hard to observe in the wild. Troop sizes are small for a guenon, ranging from 2-10 individuals on average. [11]

7. Philippine long-tailed macaque - Wikipedia

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   The Philippine long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis philippensis) is a subspecies of the crab-eating macaque, known in various Philippine languages as matching/matsing or the more general term unggoy ("monkey").

8. List of individual monkeys - Wikipedia

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   Able (rhesus macaque) and Miss Baker (Peruvian squirrel monkey), both female – the first monkeys sent into space who survived the experience. They were launched on 28 May 1959 in the nose cone of a Jupiter AM-18 missile as a test of NASA 's launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and procedures for retrieving astronauts after splashdown .

9. List of cercopithecoids - Wikipedia

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   The 158 extant species of Cercopithecidae are divided into two subfamilies: Cercopithecinae, containing 78 baboon, guenon, macaque, and other monkey species divided between thirteen genera, and Colobinae, containing 80 colobus, lutung, and other monkey species divided between ten genera. Dozens of extinct prehistoric cercopithecoid species have ...