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monkey
monkey Any of a wide variety of mostly tree-dwelling, diurnal, omnivorous
primates that live in the tropics and sub-tropics. Most monkeys have flat, human-like faces, relatively large brains and grasping hands. They fall into two broad groups – Old World monkeys (family Cercopithecidae) and New World monkeys (Cebidae). The 60
Old World species include
macaques,
baboons,
Barbary apes, and
langur monkeys. They all have non-prehensile (unable to grasp) tails. They range in distribution from Japan and
n China through
s Asia and Africa. The 70 species of
New World monkeys include
capuchin monkeys,
spider monkeys, and
marmosets. They are all tree dwellers, and most have grasping (prehensile) tails. They live in tropical forests of Central and South America.
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From monkey to man?
Magazine article from: New African; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...white man the white monkey? Last August, BBC2...Uhlenbroek was about monkeys. She had spent perhaps...include the white monkeys of the Amazon Forest...endangered of all monkey species were excluded...humans? The African monkeys are exhibited in...not a single white monkey of the ...
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Monkeys on the move as a decorating motif
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...decorative use of the monkey, says Wayne Adler, owner of the monkey-laden William Wayne Store in Manhattan. "Monkeys have been a very strong...French "singe," monkey. It was the French...first popularized monkeys as a decorative element...
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Monkeys on Their Backs; For Many Japanese, Primates' Appeal Wears Off as Crops Are Carried Away
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/25/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Kagoshima home two months ago. "For a second, we looked at each other. Then I screamed, 'Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!' " The population of macaque monkeys has been swelling in this country since World War II, when Japan began a dramatic shift...
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Monkeys take over the paper
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 2/10/2004; ; 657 words
; ...filing papers. * National monkey coverage. "Monkeys under scrutiny" Tensions...place they meet." * Monkeys in Money "Monkey impact dwindling" For the...pocketbooks with them." * Monkeys in Life "Monkey takes over humor column...
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MONKEYS' BUSINESS IS HELPING.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/7/2001; 700+ words
; ...picks it up and says, ''Monkeys.'' Monkey financial secretary Bill...first signed up with the Monkeys in 1942. Merle is not the eldest Monkey - that would be Ben Barkley...says. ''He was a live monkey when the Monkeys were incorporated. He...
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Monkeys on a hot tin roof
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...tail. That's your monkey, displaced by development...new circumstances. The monkeys are aping our behaviour...tail does not stop the monkey from thinking it is a...beautiful creature. "The monkeys are watching us," says...Sakiman who has seen the monkey admiring itself in the...
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Two monkeys see a more colorful world.
Magazine article from: Science News for Kids; 9/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...possible in colorblind monkeys, "every single...red light in the monkey's eyes. A gene...deliver genes to a monkey's eye!) Over the next few weeks, the monkeys began to make the...sure whether the monkey's brains would...colors--but the monkeys seemed to be able...
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MONKEYS CAUSING HAVOC IN JAPAN.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 12/12/2002; 674 words
; ...Kagoshima home two months ago. "For a second, we looked at each other. Then I screamed, 'Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!' " The population of macaque monkeys has been swelling in this country since World War II, when Japan began a dramatic shift...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MONKEY BUSINESS HELPS TEACH A LESSON.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/15/1990; 700+ words
; ...about humane treatment of monkeys, but often her Monkey Mobile Showcase presentation...that isn't related to monkeys. "I have a large monkey room," she said...didn't know a lot about monkeys before the Monkey Mobile Showcase visited...
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Monkey business: Producer dreams of film starring Angels mascot.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/12/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...took one look at the Anaheim Angels Rally Monkey phenomenon and saw a film star. It was...register for a trademark for the Rally Monkey, the team's unofficial and unlicensed...ideas, Cano, 53, watched the Rally Monkey become a full-blown phenomenon after...
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Monkeys
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...the term New World monkey includes the marmoset...Cebidae. New World monkeys often have a prehensile...mangabeys. Most monkeys are forest dwellers...The only European monkey is the Babary...latitudes than any other monkey. New World monkeys are found from southern...
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monkey
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...they are to the New World monkeys; the two monkey groups probably evolved separately...monkeys, include the sacred monkeys of India. The snub-nosed monkey of China and the proboscis monkey of Borneo are langurlike monkeys with peculiar snouts. The...
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Spider Monkeys
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...six species of spider monkeys: 1. Central American spider monkey ( Ateles geoffroyi...all species of spider monkey, the monkeys ” underparts...territories. Whenever spider monkey territories overlap, the monkeys somehow readjust them...
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Rhesus monkeys
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...ago, the rhesus monkey population in...million. Rhesus monkeys are used extensively...export of rhesus monkeys, increased conservation...India. The rhesus monkey population in...faced langur monkey to scare away the rhesus monkeys. Rhesus monkeys...
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New World Monkeys
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...monkeys ( Alouatta ), spider monkeys ( Ateles ), the woolly spider monkey ( Brachyteles arachnoides ), and woolly monkeys ( Lagothrix ). Cebid monkeys...during the day. The cebid monkeys vary in size from the squirrel monkey ( Saimiri sciureus ) with...
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