πBarbary macaque
The Barbary macaque is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar. It is the type species of the genus Macaca. From the Early Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene, until around 85β40,000 years ago, it was widely distributed in Europe. Today, the Barbary macaques in Gibraltar are the only Old World monkeys in Europe. About 300 individuals live on the Rock of Gibraltar. This population appears to be stable or increasing, while the North African population is declining.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 11 kg
- Body length
- 0.66 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Barbary macaque
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
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Body length0.66 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Brain mass92 gCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan29 yearsCOMBINEOther figures βHide β
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Generation length7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Age at maturity4.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation164 daysCOMBINEOther figures βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Home range2.63 kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Population density36 per kmΒ²COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Volume l11 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Barbary macaque yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderPrimates
- βΊfamilyCercopithecidae
- βΊgenusMacaca
- βΊspeciesMacaca sylvanus
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusMacaca
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- suborderHaplorrhini
- infraorderSimiiformes
- superfamilyCercopithecoidea
- familyCercopithecidae
- subfamilyCercopithecinae
- genusMacaca
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