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Monkeys, apes, what's the diff??
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:41:24 -0600
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The surprise baby was a chimpanzee, and chimpanzees are APES not monkeys.
This is one of my pet peeves (among many).  Monkeys have tails, apes do
not.  Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys.  TIME Magazine this week has an
article where they refer to "chimps [such as] sooty mangabeys."  ARGH.
Sooty mangabeys are MONKEYS.  This is like referring to dogs as cats.  Both
Order Carnivora (chimps and monkeys are both Order Primates), but not
terribly similar.

Kathy D.
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