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                                                 [40]Barbary ape sitting 
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                                      [42]Barbary ape sitting with young 
                                           [43]Barbary ape face close-up 
                                 [44]Barbary apes on rocks above harbour 
                                           [45]Barbary ape face close-up 
                                                 [46]Barbary ape sitting 
                                [47]Young barbary ape sitting and eating 

   Barbary ape, Barbary macaque
   Macaca sylvanus

   Barbary apes are the only non-human primate to live in Europe
   (Gibraltar). Despite their name, they are a monkey and not an ape.

   Subspecies
   None.

   Life span
   Barbary apes live for 22 years.

   Statistics
   Body length: 38-76cm, Tail length: vestigial, Weight: 5-13kg.

   Physical Description
   Barbary apes have yellow-grey to grey-brown fur. Their under-parts are
   paler, and their faces are dark. Barbary apes lack a tail.

   Distribution
   Barbary apes live in Morocco and north Algeria. There is a population
   (currently about 100) that lives on Gibraltar, which are the last
   representatives of stock that once inhabited Europe. The British Army
   is now responsible for their care, and their numbers are often
   replenished with monkeys from Africa.

   Habitat
   Barbary apes inhabit mixed cedar and oak forest up to 1600-2160m.

   Diet
   This species feeds on leaves, roots, sprouts, fruit and invertebrates.

   Behaviour
   Barbary macaques live in multi-male, multi-female groups with
   matrilineal hierarchies (females head the troop). They are active
   during the day, and are equally at home on the ground as in the trees.
   Barbary apes differ from other macaques in that the males help to care
   for the young. They spend time playing with and grooming the
   youngsters, and often have their favourites to whom they focus their
   attention on.

   Reproduction
   After a gestation period of 196 days, females give birth to one young,
   which weighs about 450g at birth.

   Conservation status
   Barbary apes are listed as Vulnerable by the 2000 IUCN Red List, and
   their habitat is threatened by logging.

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