Barbary apes are the only non-human primate to live in Europe (Gibraltar). Despite their name, they are a monkey and not an ape.

Subspecies
None.

Life span
Barbary apes live for 22 years.

Statistics
Body length: 38-76cm, Tail length: vestigial, Weight: 5-13kg.

Physical description
Barbary apes have yellow-grey to grey-brown fur. Their under-parts are paler, and their faces are dark. Barbary apes lack a tail.

Distribution
Barbary apes live in Morocco and north Algeria. There is a population (currently about 100) that lives on Gibraltar, which are the last representatives of stock that once inhabited Europe. The British Army is now responsible for their care, and their numbers are often replenished with monkeys from Africa.

Habitat
Barbary apes inhabit mixed cedar and oak forest up to 1600-2160m.

Diet
This species feeds on leaves, roots, sprouts, fruit and invertebrates.

Behaviour
Barbary macaques live in multi-male, multi-female groups with matrilineal hierarchies (females head the troop). They are active during the day, and are equally at home on the ground as in the trees. Barbary apes differ from other macaques in that the males help to care for the young. They spend time playing with and grooming the youngsters, and often have their favourites to whom they focus their attention on.

Reproduction
After a gestation period of 196 days, females give birth to one young, which weighs about 450g at birth.

Conservation status
Barbary apes are listed as Vulnerable by the 2000 IUCN Red List, and their habitat is threatened by logging.