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“The Thinker”. The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara on the African continent, and it’s the only macaque living outside of Asia. Other macaque species once ranged from East Asia to northwest Africa; only the Barbary macaque weathered ecological changes to hold on in Africa. Photographer Francisco Mingorance spent more than a year taking pictures of Macaca sylvanus high in the Middle Atlas mountains, home to one of the largest Barbary macaque populations. Photo location: Morocco. (Photo and caption by José Mingorance/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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