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noun ma·caque \ mə-ˈkak , -ˈkäk \

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:any of a genus (Macaca) of chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms; especially :rhesus monkey

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Fast forward six years and Jojo is living a happy, stress-free life as the leader of a troupe of rescue macaques at the wildlife center.

— saryn chorney, PEOPLE.com, "Interspecies Love Connection: Rescue Monkey Adopts Kitten Who Wandered Into His Enclosure (See Photos!)," 24 Aug. 2017
Now, using a combination of brain imaging and single-neuron recording in macaques, biologist Doris Tsao and her colleagues at the California Institute of Technology appear to have finally cracked the neural code for primate face recognition.

— knvul sheikh, Scientific American, "How We Save Face—Researchers Crack the Brain's Facial-Recognition Code," 24 July 2017
Scientists studied 65 female Japanese macaques at the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton.

— lynne terry, OregonLive.com, "Study: High-fat diet during pregnancy can create depressed offspring," 23 July 2017
PETA forges ahead with a claim on behalf of Naruto the macaque, and Sarah Jeong walks us through the details.

— Longreads, "The Top 5 Longreads of the Week," 22 July 2017
Andrew Parker, a University of Oxford physiologist who uses rhesus macaques to study binocular vision, is one of the researchers who speaks about his work at LabAnimalTour.org.

— meredith wadman, Science | AAAS, "To woo public, Europe opens up on animal experiments, but U.S. less transparent," 14 July 2017
Researchers estimate anywhere from 150 to 200 wild rhesus macaques live at the park and an unknown number live outside.

— tamara lush, The Seattle Times, "Wild primates in Florida park: Monkey shenanigans on rise," 12 July 2017
Naruto is a free-living crested macaque who snapped perfectly framed selfies in 2011 that would make even the Kardashians proud.

— Bloomberg.com, "No Monkeying Around: Court Weighs If Animal Owns Its Selfies," 12 July 2017
Researchers estimate anywhere from 150 to 200 wild rhesus macaques live at the park and an unknown number live outside.

— Washington Post, "Wild primates in Florida park: Monkey shenanigans on rise," 12 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of macaque

French, from Portuguese macaco, from kaku mangabey, plural makaku, in one or more Bantu languages of Gabon and Congo

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noun ma·caque \ mə-ˈkak , -ˈkäk \

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:a monkey mostly found in Asia that often has a short tail

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noun ma·caque \ mə-ˈkak , -ˈkäk \

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:any of numerous short-tailed Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca and related genera chiefly of southern Asia; especially :rhesus monkey

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