The functions of non-reproductive mounts among male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)
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Phylogeography of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) and the origin of the Gibraltar colony.
The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is the earliest offshoot of the genus Macaca and the only extant African representative, all other species being Asiatic. Once distributed throughout North Africa, M. sylvanus is now restricted to isolated forest fragments in Algeria and Morocco. The species is threatened; the maximum total wild population size is estimated at 10,000 individuals. Relationsh...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Primatology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0275-2565
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22451