World of the monkey facts
Pulak Dasgupta The relationship between monkeys and humans has been highlighted in the Hindu scriptures. The coexistence of monkeys with humans is very old. Monkeys are tailed primates that come in 264 different species. Monkeys come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from small-bodied, four-ounce pygmy marmosets to giant-bodied, 119-pound mandrels. Monkeys divided in two categories. *Old World monkeys *New World Monkey Old World monkeys are all members of the Cercopithecidae family, which is linked to apes and humans and is classed as a catarrhin (Latin meaning "down-nosed"). The New World Monkey belongs to the Platyrinos ("flat-nosed") family, which consists of five families. Along with their physique and other skeletal traits, what distinguishes monkeys from monkeys? The majority of monkey species live in tropical forests and, with the exception of tropical Central and South American durukuli, are active during the day. They frequently travel in g...