{"id":100624,"date":"2026-04-28T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100624"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:27:39","slug":"barbary-macaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barbary-macaque\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbary Macaque"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barbary Macaque Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists have observed that the Gibraltar\u2019s Barbary Macaques eat soil (geophagy ) to counter ill effects of tourist-derived junk food.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barbary Macaque<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbary macaques are one of <\/span><b>25 species of macaque<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found around the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re the only <\/span><b>macaque species living outside Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the only <\/span><b>non-human primate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>North Africa and Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are most commonly found in <\/span><b>high-altitude mountains, rocky cliffs, and gorges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The ideal habitat of this species <\/span><b>is cedar forest.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are mainly found in Africa, Asia and Europe.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The natural range of these <\/span><b>primates covers the Atlas Mountains of Algeria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Morocco in North Africa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Barbary monkeys have also been introduced from <\/span><b>Morocco to Gibraltar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where these animals currently occur in a small population.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>highly adaptable creatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they are <\/span><b>capable of surviving in various environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and temperatures from fir and mixed oak forests to sheer cliffs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are generally <\/span><b>active during the daytime<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbary <\/span><b>macaques lack a tail.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This means they\u2019re sometimes called Barbary apes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are <\/span><b>omnivorous animals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>alloparental species.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This means that the <\/span><b>adult males and females<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look after <\/span><b>all the offspring in the group, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not just their own.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/europes-only-wild-primates-gibraltars-barbary-macaques-eat-soil-to-counter-ill-effects-of-tourist-derived-junk-food-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbary Macaque is one of 25 species of macaque found around the world. 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