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Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 3, March 4, April 5, May 6, June 2, July 6, August 5, September 5, October 3, November 2, December 5.
Algeria799
Morocco570
Tizi Ouzou453
Fez-Meknes369
Bouira188
Béni Mellal-Khénifra132
Bejaia86
Spain46
Andalucía46
Marrakech-Safi39

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderPrimates · Primates
FamilyOld World Monkeys · Cercopithecidae
GenusMacaques · Macaca

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Barbary Macaque with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.