Pic des Singes

36.769383°N 5.095639°E / 36.769383; 5.095639

Pic des singes

Pic des Singes (or Monkey 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

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

Line notes

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


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