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... , a monkey of the subfamily Catarrhina. The body is covered with dense reddish yellow fur. The Barbary ape is distributed in northwestern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunis); it is found in Europe only on the Rock of Gibraltar, where there are ten to 15 monkeys (under state protection). The Barbary ape inhabits mountainous regions, sometimes forming large bands. It ...

... , which are only slightly developed in gibbons.Catarrhine monkeys, which are distributed in Africa and Asia, live in troops or family groups. There are two superfamilies: lower Catarrhina, consisting of the single family Cercopithecidae, and anthropoid primates, consisting of the group of anthropoid apes (families Hylobatidae and Pongidae) and the family Hominidae.