Pic des Singes
Coordinates: 36°46′10″N 5°05′44″E / 36.769383°N 5.095639°E
Pic des singes
Pic des Singes (or Monkey Mountain) is a peak in northern Algeria, northwest of the town of Béjaïa. It is located in the area of the Tell Atlas range, on the Mediterranean coast.
Ecology[]
This mountain is a habitat for the endangered primate Barbary macaque. Macaca sylvanus. This primate species is the only surviving species in Africa of its genus.[1] Barbary macaques prehistorically had a much wider distribution than at present.[2]
References[]
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
- Lara Modolo, Walter Salzburger and Robert D. Martin (2005) Phylogeography of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) and the origin of the Gibraltar colony
Line notes[]
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