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: any of a genus (Macaca) of chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms
especially
: rhesus monkey
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Those primates were mostly macaques and marmosets; the use of chimpanzees (our closest ape relative) is now banned in many countries, including the US.
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Celia Ford, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024
Scientists have used many different animals as a model of aging in the lab, from microscopic worms and African fish, to mice, macaques, and marmosets.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
And just as Albery found for the red deer, this isn’t because older macaques have lost more friends or because macaques with fewer friends live longer.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
In 1938, scientists released 409 rhesus macaques imported from India on this tiny, uninhabited island.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
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Celia Ford, Vox, 6 Sep. 2024
Scientists have used many different animals as a model of aging in the lab, from microscopic worms and African fish, to mice, macaques, and marmosets.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
And just as Albery found for the red deer, this isn’t because older macaques have lost more friends or because macaques with fewer friends live longer.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
In 1938, scientists released 409 rhesus macaques imported from India on this tiny, uninhabited island.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
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“Macaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macaque. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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: any of various monkeys mostly from Asia that includes some with either short or no tails
especially
: rhesus monkey
Etymology
French, from Portuguese macaco, from makaku, plural of kaku, name for an African monkey in one or more Bantu languages of Gabon and Congo
Medical Definition
: any of numerous short-tailed Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca and related genera chiefly of southern Asia
especially
: rhesus monkey
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