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mere tubercle in the Barbary ape, alone representing the subgenus Iuuus, macaques are heavily-built monkeys, with longer muzzles than their compatriots the langurs (see See also:

PRIMATES), and large naked callosities on the buttocks. They range all over See also:

India and See also:

CEYLON

Ceylon, thence northward to See also:

TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet, and See also:

east-wards to See also:

CHINA

China, See also:

JAPAN

Japan, See also:

Formosa, See also:

BORNEO

Borneo, See also:

SUMATRA

Sumatra and See also:

JAVA

Java; while by some naturalists the See also:

black ape of See also:

CELEBES

Celebes (Cynopithecus See also:

niger) is included in the same genus. Mention of some of the more important species, typifying distinct sub-generic See also:

groups, made in the See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article PRIMATES. Like most other monkeys, macaques go about in large troops, each headed by an old male. They feed on seeds, fruits, See also:

INSECTS

insects, lizards, &c.; and while some of the species are largely terrestrial, the Barbary ape is wholly so. Docile and easily tamed when See also:

young, old See also:

MALES

males of many of the species become exceedingly morose and See also:

savage in captivity. (R.

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