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Macaque diets consist primarily of plants and insects and they are found in a variety of habitats. Males live to a maximum of 25 years while females may live up to 30 years. Besides humans, they are the only free-living primates in Europe. Although the species is commonly referred to as the Barbary ape, the Barbary macaque is actually a true monkey. Its name refers to the Barbary Coast of North West Africa. The Barbary macaque population of Gibraltar is the only such population outside of Northern Africa and the only population of wild monkeys in Europe. The Rock of Gibraltar is populated by approximately 230 macaques.
Depending on the terrain of their natural habitat, monkeys live in trees or on the ground. In the ecology of the rainforest, the species plays a very vital role in dispersion of seed. Most monkeys avoid wetlands, but are good swimmers.he 'Cercopithecoid' or 'Platyrrhine' primate that is a common sight today, belongs to the simian primate groups, smaller and longer-tailed than apes. Advertisement. Monkeys belong to the parvorders Platyrrhini and Catarrhini. This makes the mammal paraphyletic, without any distinct coherent group.