Macaca sylvanus is the Latin name for the Barbary Macaque (Barbary Ape).
A Barbary ape is a tailless monkey, Latin name Macaca sylvanus, found on Gibraltar and in parts of North Africa.
The scientific name for the species ape is "Hominidae."
barbary ape
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Atlantoxerus getulus.
Hominoidea is the scientific name for apes. Apes are a group of primates that include 22 species in this category.
Hoolock Gibbon
Gibraltar
The Hominidae (anglicized Hominids, also known as great apes)
The scientific name of the chimpanzee is ''Pan troglodytes''. The scientific name of the bonobo, another species in the same genus as chimps, is ''Pan paniscus.'' For more information on these two species of ape, please see the Related Links.
The orangutan is the ape that has the name the "Man of the Forest"
Only in Zoos. Only simian native to Europe is the Barbary Ape- sort of a Baboon type, on the Island of Gibraltar- British fortified colony.
A Barbary sheep is a wild North African caprid, Latin name Ammotragus lervia, not a true sheep.