Is a monkey a mammal?

Every time I go to a large park, I will encounter some monkeys, occasionally see grabbing food, learning people to do movements, etc., is that monkey a mammal?

Is a monkey a mammal?

Monkeys are mammals. Because monkeys are mammals and are members of three ape primates. The general brain is developed, the intelligence is higher, the eye socket faces forward, the toes of the hands and feet are separated, very flexible, the hands have certain operating functions, and sometimes learn to do movements.

Is it illegal to keep monkeys?

It's illegal to keep monkeys. But individuals are not completely unable to raise monkeys. If you apply for a "permit for domestication and breeding of Wild Animals" with the local forestry administration, you can raise monkeys under second-level national protection. It should be reminded that monkeys are animals with great mood swings. If they are kept in captivity, they will lose the meaning of pets. If you hold it, you need good skills in training monkeys, otherwise it is easy to escape and injure people. So at present, there are not many people keeping monkeys as pets, please consider carefully.

National first-level protection of monkeys:

1. Golden monkey: there are 6 species of golden monkey, including Burmese golden monkey, Nujiang golden monkey, Sichuan golden monkey, Yunnan golden monkey, Guizhou golden monkey and Vietnamese golden monkey, among which, except Burmese golden monkey and Vietnamese golden monkey, they are all precious animals unique to China. Listed in the 2012 Red list of Endangered species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), ver3.1-- is endangered and is also a national first-class protected animal.

2. Bee monkey: bee monkey is a kind of monkey under the genus of primates, which has 9 subspecies. Small and slow-moving, they are lower monkeys that inhabit tropical and subtropical monsoon forests, live entirely on trees, rarely go to the ground and like to move alone. The movement is particularly slow, and it speeds up only when it is attacked, so it is also known as the "loris". Distributed in Yunnan and southern Guangxi, mostly distributed in Southeast Asia, is a national first-class protected animals.

3. Bear monkey: bear monkey is a kind of monkey of primate macaque, which is similar in size to macaque. It mainly lives in monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, deciduous broad-leaved forest, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest or alpine dark coniferous forest. It mainly feeds on fresh branches and young leaves of wild fruits and plants, as well as some insects, amphibians and small birds.

4. Taiwan monkey: Taiwan monkey is endemic to China, with a body similar to that of macaque, with a grayer body and a dark tail. Their tails are more than 1/2 of their body length, but Taiwanese monkeys have longer tails and are smaller and fatter than macaques. Inhabiting rocks and forests, it is a semi-terrestrial animal that feeds on all kinds of wild fruits, leaves, insects, and sometimes steals farmers' grains and fruits.

5. Dolphin-tailed monkey: the dolphin-tailed monkey is 54-62 cm long and stout, with a flat head and radially arranged black-brown top hair. Inhabit tropical or subtropical forests or low-altitude coniferous forests, camp arboreal life, like to live in groups, feed on plant fruits, but also prey on insects and birds.

6. Leaf monkeys: there are six species of leaf monkeys in China, namely, black leaf monkey, white-headed leaf monkey, long-tailed leaf monkey, Fei's leaf monkey, capped leaf monkey and white buttocks leaf monkey, which are all first-class protected animals in China. Originated in Europe, the ancestors first entered Southeast Asia from Europe through Africa and then to Asia, and then along the river valleys or lowlands into the subtropical forests with tropical karst landforms in South and Southwest China, that is, to survive and thrive in the current distribution area to form a dominant population.

7. Gibbon: gibbon is a national first-class protected animal, named for its long forearm. It has 44 chromosomes. It is the smallest species of apes and the quickest and most flexible one. It is called "four great apes" with three kinds of orangutans. At present, there are seven species of gibbons in the world. There are five species of gibbons in China, namely, white-handed gibbons, white-eyeed gibbons, Hainan black-crowned gibbons, black gibbons and white-cheeked gibbons.