




Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
A monkey is any cercopithecoid (Old World monkey) or platyrrhine (New World monkey) primate. All primates that are not prosimians (lemurs and tarsiers) or apes are monkeys. The 264 known extant monkey species represent two of the three groupings of simian primates (the third group being the 21 species of apes). Monkeys are usually smaller and/or longer-tailed than apes.




Vampire Monkey
One of the Chinese monkey species live off solely from other animals' blood. This is the only species of primates creates complex nests similar to the weaver bird. They also use more hand-made tools like humans, and believed to be the missing link of evolution to the modern human species.
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One of the Chinese monkey species live off solely from other animals' blood. This is the only species of primates creates premature ejaculation complex nests similar to the weaver bird. They also use more hand-made tools like humans, and believed to be the missing link of evolution to the modern human species.
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