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Pic des Singes

Coordinates: 36°46′10″N 5°05′44″E / 36.769383°N 5.095639°E / 36.769383; 5.095639
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36°46′10″N 5°05′44″E / 36.769383°N 5.095639°E / 36.769383; 5.095639

Monkeys Peak

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

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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.[1] Barbary macaques prehistorically had a much wider distribution than at present.[2]

References

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Line notes

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  1. ^ Lara Modolo, Walter Salzburger and Robert D. Martin, 2005
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan, 2008