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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


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. Barbary macaques prehistorically had a much wider distribution than at present.




References


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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Béjaïa
• Pic des Singes
• Hoggar Mountains
• Aurès Mountains
• Mount Chenoua
• Gouraya National Park
• Saharan Atlas
• Béjaïa
• Mount Tahat
• Tassili n'Ajjer
• Tell Atlas