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macaque

Any of a group of medium-sized Old World monkeys. Various species live in forests from the Far East to North Africa. The rhesus monkey and the Barbary ape belong to this group. (Genus Macaca.)

Macaques range from long-tailed to tailless types, and have well-developed cheek pouches to carry food.

In 2004 researchers discovered an unknown species of macaque monkey on an expedition to the Arunachal Pradesh area of northeastern India. The new species was given the designation Macaca munzala, but was also known as the Arunachal macaque after the region where it was first seen.



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