• Question: how many different kinds of monkeys exist?

    Asked by Maccy J to Elliot, Hazel, Rupesh, Thomas on 22 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Thomas Biggans

      Thomas Biggans answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Google tells me that there is about 260 different kinds of monkey, I didn’t realise there was that many.

      I quite like monkeys, I think its because you can see they have a personality and its usually quite a fun one. The way they climb about is also really impressive they could build a tree house in no time if they felt like it.

      Do you like monkeys? Have you got a tree house?

    • Photo: Elliot Jokl

      Elliot Jokl answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Thanks for the question!

      I had to google this, apparently there are 260 different species of monkey. Nature clearly has a very high capacity for monkey business.

      If you cast the net a little wider, and look at all primates (which includes things like apes and us) there are over 600 different species.

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