Barbary macaque  (Macaca sylvanus)

Facts

Also known as:Barbary ape and rock ape
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Cercopithecidae
Genus Macaca (1)
Size Male head-and-body length: 55 – 70 cm (2)
Female head-and-body length: 45 – 55 cm (2)
Male weight: 7 – 12 kg (exceptionally up to 15) (2)
Female weight: 5 – 9 kg (2)
Tail length: 1 – 2 cm (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed on Appendix II on CITES (3).