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Pic des Singes

Summary

36°46′10″N 5°05′44″E / 36.769383°N 5.095639°E / 36.769383; 5.095639

Monkeys Peak

Pic des Singes (or Monkeys Peak) is a peak in northern Algeria, northwest of the town of Béjaïa. It is located in the Cap Carbon area of the Tell Atlas range, on the Mediterranean coast.

Ecology edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ Lara Modolo, Walter Salzburger and Robert D. Martin, 2005
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan, 2008