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Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting numerous environments: tropical rain forests, savannas, shrublands, and mountainous terrain. They inhabited much of Europe in the past; today, the only survivors in Europe are the Barbary macaques of Gibraltar.
The parvorder Catarrhini / kætəˈraɪnaɪ / (known commonly as catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys) consists of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea).
Old World monkeys include many of the most familiar species of non-ape primates such as baboons and macaques. Old World monkeys are grouped in Catarrhini with apes of the Old World (all extant species of which are tailless).
The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived.
Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today and live in rain forests, savannas, shrublands, and mountainous terrain. Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family.
Old World monkeys (OWMs) are found in sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia, and northern Japan. They live in a wide variety of habitats, from tropical jungle to seasonal snow and savannas.
Study Old World monkeys, also known by the family name Cercopithecidae. Discover their characteristics and what differentiates them from New World...
Old World monkeys are the most diverse group of primates in terms of environmental and geographic range, as well as number of species, but have achieved this diversity through relatively narrow morphological and behavioural adaptations that allow for ecological flexibility.
The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates which are native to Africa and Asia today. The Old World monkeys live in a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna, shrubland and mountainous terrain.
The Old World monkeys occupy a wide variety of environments in South and East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and even Gibraltar at the southern tip of Spain. Some species inhabit tropical forests, while others live on arid grasslands and even mountainous areas with heavy winter snows.