Barbary macaque
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The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), also known as Barbary ape or magot, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco. It is one of the best-known Old World monkey species.[4]
| Barbary macaque | |
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| Young Barbary macaque with its mother | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | M. sylvanus[2] |
| Binomial name | |
| Macaca sylvanus[2] | |
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| Barbary macaque range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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