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Tag Archives: monkey

Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

July 12, 2014by matt-travels 3 Comments

The Olive Baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis Baboon, is the most widely ranging species of all baboons. It occurs in a belt stretching from southern Mauritania and Guinea […]

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African Wildlife, mammals

Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas)

April 27, 2014by matt-travels 5 Comments

The Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) is a medium-sized primate occurring in a belt from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia and Tanzania in the east. The animals feed mostly on […]

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African Wildlife, mammals

Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

February 14, 2014by matt-travels 4 Comments

The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) has the widest geographical distribution of any primate except for us humans. It occurs all the way from Afghanistan and Pakistan through northern India up […]

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Asian Wildlife, mammals

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