Article: Males and females help raise their offspring

Barbary monkeys can be found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, possibly introduced, population in Gibraltar.

Besides humans, they are the only primates that live freely in Europe.

The Barbary Macaque is a gregarious monkey, forming mixed groups of several females and males. The group of 10 to 30 individuals is matriarchal, with its hierarchy determined by lineage to the lead female. Unlike other macaques, the males help rear the young; much ...

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