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A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys usually have tails. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes", incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary macaque is called the "Barbary ape".
The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder Platyrrhini, whereas the Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) form part of the parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the hominoids (apes and humans). Thus, scientifically speaking, monkeys are a paraphyletic group, meaning that although they are believed to have evolved from a single ancestral species, the group does not contain all the descendants of that ancestor. Old World monkeys are actually more closely related to homonids than they are to New World monkeys.
Nikon D7000
Tamron 70-300mm f4/5.6 DI VC USD
Exposure - 1/125
Aperture - f/8.0
Focal Length - 190 mm
ISO Speed - 500
Another one of the many monkeys at the Welsh Mountain Zoo. Shot through green perspex so white balance and shooting in general was very difficult.
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张家界－金鞭溪 －猴王出世
For those of you who know the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. This macaque is exactly like the monkey king in the novel.
Shot near Golden Whip River in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern part of Hunan province, China. Macaques are frequently spotted alongside the walking path along the river, begging for food from tourists in the park.
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