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Rhesus macaque, (Macaca mulatta), BioParque of Rio de Janeiro, South America. #287636678
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Rhesus macaque, (Macaca mulatta), BioParque of Rio de Janeiro, South America. The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally brown or grey in colour, it is 47â53 cm (19â21 in) in length with a 20.7â22.9 cm (8.1â9.0 in) tail and weighs 5.3â7.7 kg (12â17 lb). It is native to South, Central, and Southeast Asia and has the widest geographic range of all non-human primates.