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macaque
members of the genus Macaca, of the family Cercopithecoidae, the Old World monkeys. There are a large number of species including the rhesus and bonnet monkeys and the Barbary ape. They are thick-set monkeys, which are able to withstand the cold and often live above the snowline. Includes rhesus monkey (M. mulatta), Celebes macaque (Cynopethicus niger), pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina), Barbary ape (M. inua), M. arctoides, M. fascicularis, M. nigra, M. silensus.


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By shuttling nuclear DNA from an egg cell to a donor cell, the technique enabled the birth of four healthy rhesus macaque monkey males, researchers report online August 26 in Nature.
During the research, scientists collected groups of unfertilized eggs from two female rhesus macaque monkeys (monkeys A and B).
00 Paperback DS493 The Raute people of western Nepal, who call themselves "kings of the forest," are a society of nomadic hunter-gatherers who subsist on langur and macaque monkeys, wild yams, and rice traded from local farmers.
 
 
 
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