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Taken at London Zoo. Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. They grow to 25 to 35 cm, plus a 35 to 42 cm tail. They weigh 750 to 1100g. Remarkably, the brain mass to body mass ratio for squirrel monkeys is 1:17, which gives them the largest brain, proportionately, of all the primates. Humans have a 1:35 ratio.
Colobo Blanco y Negro
LOS MONOS MÁS SAGRADOS SEGÚN LOS BUDISTAS E HINDÚES
Los Colobos poseen una distribución amplia en África. Habitan en bosques montanos, ribereños y de tierras bajas, o pastizales boscosos.
Sólo poseen 4 dígitos en cada mano; el pulgar se encuentra ausente o representado por una pequeña protuberancia que a veces lleva una uña. Los Colobos se distinguen por su hermoso pelaje negro, cara y callosidades rodeadas de blanco; manto blanco en forma de U en su lomo.
Su dieta consiste básicamente en hojas, brotes y flores. Viven en grupos de 8-15 individuos. Los grupos tienen un macho dominante, varias hembras, algunos subadultos y unos pocos infantes.
Uilenkopmeerkat of Uilmeerkat (Cercopithecus hamlyni)Zoo Antwerpen, Belgium
Conservation status: Vulnerable
322.366: Or rather impressed as in a "not bad" expression? This is a portrait of a Siamang monkey at the Milwaukee County Zoo. These particular creatures have an inflatable throat sac which they use to vocalize through using a series of booms and barks.
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In the rich megacity of Gurgaon, outside Delhi, macaque monkeys invade the lush green luxury hotel grounds and break into apartments steeling food and washing off the clothes lines. They can't be shot or drugged because they are sacred, so the hotels hire langur monkeys (like the one in the photo). They come on the backs of bicycles looking over the rider's shoulders, and let loose they chase the macaques away (to the grounds of the hotel next door), any day but not Tuesdays. I never found out why…… one of the mysteries of the East....
just finished this monkey today, it's from the book 'softies' (see it here: penguin.com.au/softies/books.cfm).