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Barbary ape

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Barbary ape
n.
A tailless monkey (Macaca sylvana) of Gibraltar and northern Africa. Also called magot.
Barbary ape
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvana, that inhabits rocky cliffs and forests in NW Africa and Gibraltar: family Cercopithecidae, order Primates
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Noun1.Barbary apeBarbary ape - tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar
Macaca sylvana
macaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa


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Legend has it that as tong as the Barbary apes roam the Rock of Gibraltar, it will stay under British rule--as it has been since 1783.
Apes rule the rock by New York Times Upfront
An aged Barbary ape (Macaca sylvanus) at the Toronto Zoo became infected with naturally acquired West Nile virus encephalitis that caused neurologic signs, which, associated with other medical problems, led to euthanasia.
West Nile virus encephalitis in a Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) by Andonova, Maya / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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