: a pale brown Asian macaque (Macaca mulatta) often used in medical research
called also rhesus, rhesus macaque
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The company also oversees a colony of about 3,500 rhesus monkeys on the nearby Morgan Island, which is only accessible by boat at the mouth of the Combahee River.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Wardle thinks Hamilton’s hypothesis makes sense and has co-authored a study showing that rhesus monkeys also experience pareidolia—the first evidence of the phenomenon in a nonhuman species.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species widely used in medical research because of its physiological similarity to humans.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
Amit Dave / Reuters To protect public areas from rhesus monkeys, which are a nuisance and often attack people, officials have put up life-size cutouts of langurs, a bigger primate that the rhesus monkeys find intimidating.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Wardle thinks Hamilton’s hypothesis makes sense and has co-authored a study showing that rhesus monkeys also experience pareidolia—the first evidence of the phenomenon in a nonhuman species.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species widely used in medical research because of its physiological similarity to humans.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
Amit Dave / Reuters To protect public areas from rhesus monkeys, which are a nuisance and often attack people, officials have put up life-size cutouts of langurs, a bigger primate that the rhesus monkeys find intimidating.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
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rhesus monkey
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rhe·sus monkey
ˌrē-səs- 
: a pale brown Asian monkey often used in medical research
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