Monkey notes

Monkey

Monkeys are haplorhine (dry-nosed) primates

Consisting of approximately 260 known living species

Monkeys range in size:
A big monkey species : the male mandrill, almost 1 metre long and weighing up to 36 kilograms
A smal monkey species: the pygmy marmoset which can be as small as 117 millimetres with a 172-millimetre tail and just over 100 grams in weight

Many monkey species are arboreal (tree-dwelling)
although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons

Diets differ among the different monkey species but can contain the following:
fruit, leaves, seeds, nuts, flowers, eggs and small animals(including insects)