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Monkey
Simiiformes (infraorder)
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Varies (e.g. Cercopithecidae)
- Genus
- Varies
- Species
- Varies
Ecology
Habitat: Forest, scrub and urban fringes
Diet: Omnivore
Behaviour: Highly social, living in troops with complex hierarchies.
Conservation: Species-dependent
About & Interesting Facts
Monkeys are primates with grasping hands and, in most species, a tail.
- Old World and New World monkeys differ in nostril shape.
- Many species use vocal alarm calls.