Monkeys
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A Passion For Primates
Along with our frequent news reports, we publish general informational pages that readers can use to glean important background information on some of the species we write about. We recently…
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Rainforest Monkeys Africa and Asia
Old World Monkeys—those that live in Africa and Asia—are significantly different from the New World monkeys of South and Central America. In fact, they are more closely related to the…
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Endangered Rainforest Species: Gibbons
Gibbons—16 species of them—swing by their long arms from tree to rainforest tree throughout southeastern Asia, from northeastern India across southernmost China and south through Malaysia and the islands of…
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Endangered Rainforest Species : Chimps And Bonobos
People tend to think of the chimpanzee as being a cute, and rather small, humanlike animal. That misconception is no doubt owed to the fact that baby and juvenile chimps…
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Endangered Rainforest Species: Orangutan
Orangutans are the large—males can reach 5 feet (1.5m) in stature, and 250 pounds (114kg) in weight—red-haired ape of Asia. (Some isolated populations have dark gray or black hair.) The…
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Mountain Gorilla
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is the largest of the four gorilla subspecies. Its natural range in the highlands of east-central Africa consists of two relatively small areas, a factor…
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What Do Chimps Eat?
Unlike other apes such as gorillas and orangutans which are almost entirely herbivorous (plant-eating), chimps are classified as omnivores. This means that, like humans, they eat a variety of plant…
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