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  Macaque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Twenty-two macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the Rhesus Macaque (as the Rhesus Monkey), Macaca mulatta, and the Barbary Macaque (as the Barbary Ape), M.
In the late 1990s it was discovered that nearly all (circa 90%) of pet or captive macaques are carriers of the herpes-B virus.
A 2005 University of Toronto study showed that urban performing macaques also carried simian foamy virus, suggesting they could be involved in the species-to-species jump of similar retroviruses to humans.
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 Barbary macaque --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The Barbary macaque is about 60 cm (24 inches) long and has light yellowish brown fur and a bald pale pink face.
Macaques are robust primates whose arms and legs are of about the same length.
The rhesus monkey (M. mulatta), a macaque of northern India and China, is often exhibited in zoos and used widely in medical research.
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Reproduction in Barbary macaques is highly seasonal with a discrete mating season between October and February.
In the Barbary macaque, this is particularly so, in that all adult females usually mate with several males during the fertile phase, irrespective of their rank or social status.
As in other macaque species, females typically remain in their natal group and migration to other neighboring groups is limited to males.
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 Barbary Ape
lijstVertebrata: MDV, 50039, Macaca, sylvanus, (Linnaeus, 1758), Mammalia, Primates, Cercopithecidae, Magot of Turkse aap, Magot, Barbary ape, Barbary macaque, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,...
The Probert Encyclopaedia - Animals And Plants (B): Barbary Ape The Barbary Ape (Macaca sylvanus) is a monkey (and not an ape) native to north Africa, and kept artificially on Gibraltar.
The Barbary Ape (Macaca sylvanus) is a monkey (and not an ape) native to north Africa, and kept artificially on Gibraltar.
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 Macaca - Wikimedia Commons
Macaques are found in more habitats than any other primate except for humans.
Despite this, macaques are not apes and they are no more related to the apes than any other Old World monkey.
These macaques are the most common monkeys used in biomedical research.
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Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, possibly introduced, population in Gibraltar, Barbary Macaques are among the best-known monkeys.
Barbary Macaques are gregarious monkeys, forming mixed groups of several females and males; the troop of 10-30 individuals is matriarchal, with its hierarchy determined by lineage to the lead female.
A popular belief holds that as long as Barbary Macaques exist on Gibraltar the territory will remain under British rule; it is said that during World War II Winston Churchill specifically ordered the dwindling population to be replenished for this reason.
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 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Barbary ape, Barbary macaque
Barbary macaques live in multi-male, multi-female groups with matrilineal hierarchies (females head the troop).
Barbary apes differ from other macaques in that the males help to care for the young.
Barbary apes are listed as Vulnerable by the 2000 IUCN Red List, and their habitat is threatened by logging.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/218.shtml   (265 words)

  
 Barbary macaque - Britannica Concise
Celebes fl macaque - Stump-tailed arboreal monkey (Macaca nigra) found in the rainforests of Sulawesi (Celebes), Bacan, and nearby islands.
Barbary macaque - tailless ground-dwelling monkey that lives in groups in the upland forests of Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Gibraltar.
macaque - any of about 20 species of gregarious Old World monkeys, all of which are Asian except for the Barbary macaque of North Africa.
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 Macaque Monkeys
Macaques live in many different habitats across the globe, making them the most widely distributed genus of nonhuman primates.
Macaques (especially Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis) are commonly used in research—most recently in AIDS research.
Macaques are native to Asia and Northern Africa, but thousands are housed in research facilities, zoos, wildlife or amusement parks, and are kept as pets in private homes throughout the world.
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 Barbary macaque - Macaca sylvanus: More Information - ARKive
This species' alternative names, the Barbary ape or rock ape are misleading; for though it lacks a tail, as do apes, it is in fact a macaque, belonging to the old world monkeys (4).
Like all macaques, they have powerful jaws, long canine teeth, and cheek pouches beside the lower teeth that extend down the sides of the neck (5).
Barbary macaques have a diet of fruit, young leaves, bark, roots and occasionally invertebrates.
www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Macaca_sylvanus/more_info.html   (838 words)

  
 Notes to the database
Barbary macaques exhibit a system of extensive alloparental care involving both females and males (Paul 1984).
Barbary macaque infants and juveniles regularly emitt long-lasting cry sequences when they are trying to establish body contact with their mothers in the sleeping tree.
Deag, J.M. and Crook, J.H. Social behaviour and agonistic buffering in the wild Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.
www.ldc.upenn.edu /talkbank/macaque   (1351 words)

  
 DNA solves mystery of Gibraltar's macaques
This is especially relevant with mammals, such as macaques, that practice female philopatry, a social system in which females remain in their birth groups while males migrate between groups.
The Barbary macaque, M. sylvanus, is the only species that lives naturally in Africa; all other species live in Asia.
Some scientists believe the Barbary macaques were first brought to Gibraltar by the Moors, who occupied Spain between 711 and 1492.
www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=23402   (806 words)

  
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Twenty-two macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the Rhesus Macaque (as the Rhesus Monkey), Macaca mulatta, and the...
It is a typical macaque, common throughout Afghanistan to northern India and...
The HGSC is sequencing the genome of the rhesus monkey (rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta).
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 Resources on Barbary Macaque academic institutions
LIVING_LINKS: The group of Barbary macaques was established in 1982 at the Apenheul Zoo, Apeldoorn,
WNV-L Archive: WNV illness in captive Barbary macaque, Toronto Zoo.
Nov 25, 2002, RE: WNV illness in captive Barbary macaque,
mongabay.org /conservation/Barbary_Macaque.htm   (406 words)

  
 Emerging Infectious Diseases: West Nile virus encephalitis in a Barbary macaque
On August 17, 2002, symptoms of acute neurologic disease were observed in a 25-year-old male, 10.5 kg, Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) at the Toronto Zoo.
It was housed with 10 other Barbary macaques in an outdoor exhibit with access to indoor housing.
The Barbary macaque in this case was probably immunocompromised to some degree, as it was aged and in poor physical condition; however, B-dependent splenic follicles were not atrophic.
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They are also the most terrestrial of the macaques, spending more than half the time on the ground.
Fossils suggest the Barbary apes were distributed over much of Europe during the late Pleistocene.
Although Barbary apes were once found throughout north Africa, there are now only 1,200-2,000 left in small areas, cornered by habitat destruction and hunting.
www.szgdocent.org /resource/pp/p-mcbarb.htm   (448 words)

  
 CDC - West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus)
Clinical signs in our study were similar to those observed in experimentally infected cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) injected intracerebrally with the Egypt-101 strain of WNV, and in rhesus macaques injected intrathalamically by using 10 different strains and mutants of WNV (9,10).
The histologic lesions in our studies were similar in morphology findings and distribution to those described in experimentally infected macaques (9,10) and in severe cases in humans (11,12).
The Barbary ape was the first clinical case of WNV infection in any species recognized at the Toronto Zoo where WNV subsequently caused disease in a variety of avian species.
www.cdc.gov /Ncidod/eid/vol10no4/03-0675.htm   (2028 words)

  
 Barbary ape on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Barbary apes: threatened in Africa, flourishing in Europe
A Glasgow kiss for Derby punters; Gibraltar is famous for its Barbary apes, but as far as Victor is concerned the place is simply full of monkeys.(Sports)
West Nile virus encephalitis in a Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus).(Dispatches)
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 Barbary macaque - Macaca sylvanus - ARKive
This species' alternative names, the Barbary ape or rock ape are misleading; for though it lacks a tail, as do apes, it is in fact a macaque, belonging to the old world monkeys.
Like all macaques, they have powerful jaws, long canine teeth, and cheek pouches beside the lower teeth that extend down the sides of the neck.
These pouches are used to store food when foraging and are able to hold a volume of food as large as the stomach.
www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Macaca_sylvanus   (166 words)

  
 Find in a Library: The Barbary macaque : a case study in conservation
Find in a Library: The Barbary macaque : a case study in conservation
The Barbary macaque : a case study in conservation
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 Acclaim Images - barbary macaque photos, stock photos, pictures, barbary macaque stock photography
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 Barbary Macaque Sitting on Tree, Morocco, Photo, Photos - Acclaim Stock Photography
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The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), often called the Barbary ape, is actually a monkey.
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