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Macaque

A Macaque is a type of monkey. It is an Old World Monkey?.

Macaques are known for carrying Herpes B?, a zoonotic disease? also known as Herpesvirus simiae, Monkey B Virus, or Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1. It causes cold sores in monkeys, but is fatal in people. Transmission is by bite, scratch, or fluid contact with mucous membranes.

Selected Species

• Barbary Ape (Macaca sylvanus) - Gibraltar and North Africa
• Cynomolgous Monkey? (Macaca fascicularis) - Southeast Asia, Philippines, and East Indies
• Rhesus Monkey? (Macaca mulatta) - India and China
• Japanese Macaque? (Macaca fuscata) - Japan
• Pigtail Macaque? (Macaca nemestrina) - Thailand and East Indies
• Stumptail Macaque? (Macaca arctoides) - India, China, Southeast Asia, and East Indies