猴子既特徵,習慣,食物係咩??

猴年說猴，雖是難免之俗，倒也略添喜興之氣。猴是十二生肖中最討人喜歡的一種動物，而且，猴和人還是遠親，倘按達爾文「人是猴變的」的進化論來說，猴還是人的老祖宗哩。當然，達爾文那裡說的猴，準確地說，其實是古猿。

猴是動物中最聰明的，自然，與人相比，還是小聰明，所以常被人玩弄於股掌之中。早在晉代，就有人訓練猴演猴戲，至今仍不時看到走街串巷的藝人，帶著猴子演些小把戲。《莊子．齊物論》中也講了一個「朝三暮四」的故事，宋人養猴多隻，後因糧食緊張，他要削減猴子食糧，與眾猴商量：給你們山栗，早晨三個晚上四個，行嗎？眾猴發怒，表示不滿。宋人又說：那麼，早晨四個晚上三個，如何？眾猴大喜。人與猴相比，就應當有大智慧，不要為小聰明而沾沾自喜，搞不好就會被人當猴耍。

猴好奇，愛模仿人。捕猴人就投其所好，先是在猴子聚集的地方喝酒，又穿上草鞋，然後把酒和捆在一起的草鞋留下。猴子見人走了，就從樹上下來，學人喝酒，並穿上草鞋。捕猴人就趁機抓獲了那些喝得醉醺醺又穿了草鞋無法逃脫的猴子。

猴還喜歡像人那樣穿衣戴帽，有個成語就叫「沐猴而冠」。項羽佔領關中後，有韓生向他獻計說：「關中地勢險要，有山河保障，土地肥沃，可以建立霸業。」項羽卻不以為然，他想回老家，說：「富貴不歸故鄉，故衣繡夜行，誰知之者。」韓生背後說：「人言楚人沐猴而冠，果然。」項羽聽說後大怒，將其烹死。（《漢書．項羽傳》）韓生雖死，項羽那種徒具儀表，而無內才的形象，卻與沐猴而冠這個成語緊緊聯繫在一起傳了下來，金人元好問就寫詩諷曰：「韓生已死言猶在，千載令人笑沐猴。」

猴性貪。馬來西亞人就利用猴的這一習性，用一種奇特的狩獵方法捕捉猴子，把一個小木盒固定在樹上，裡面裝上猴子愛吃的堅果，盒子上開一個小口，剛好夠猴子的前爪伸進去，猴子一旦抓住堅果，爪子就抽不出來了。獵人常常能夠用這種辦法捉到猴子，就因為猴子不肯放下已經到手的東西。人們總是嘲笑猴子愚蠢：為十麼不能鬆開爪子放下堅果逃命呢？其實，反躬自問，人並不比猴子高明到哪裡去，古往今來，因只會伸手不肯鬆手而丟掉性命的又何止萬千？還是《菜根譚》說得好：「兩個空拳握古今，握住了還當鬆手；一條竹杖挑明月，挑到時也要息肩。」一個心態正常的人，應當既會伸手又會鬆手，該你得到的東西，盡可以努力爭取；不該你得到的東西，首先就乾脆不要伸手，「伸手必被捉」，即使萬一僥倖拿到了，抓住了，也要學會鬆手。

前不久，峨眉山傳出一條新聞，峨眉山的猴子由於多年來習慣於遊客餵養，自己懶於覓食，缺乏運動，不僅過於肥胖臃腫，而且患了和人一樣的高血脂、高血壓等疾病，壽命大為縮短。看來，「生於憂患，死於安樂」這條古訓，人猴都不能例外啊！

猴年說猴，無論如何不能忘記吳承恩老先生，他大筆一揮，編出一個金猴的故事，楞是讓中國人高興了幾百年。欣逢猴年，讓我們也借點金猴的銳氣、勇氣還有些許「猴氣」，銳意進取，激濁揚清，「金猴奮起千鈞棒，玉宇澄清萬里埃。」

Monkey


Characteristics


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Monkeys, Mori Sosen (1749-1821)
Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset, at 14-16 cm (5-6 inch) long (plus tail) and 120-140 g (4-5 oz) in weight, to the male Mandrill, almost 1 metre (3 ft) long and weighing 35 kg (75 lb). Some are arboreal (living in trees), some live on the savannah; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following: fruit, leaves, seeds, nuts, flowers, insects, spiders, eggs and small animals.
Some characteristics are shared among the groups; most New World monkeys have prehensile tails while most Old World monkeys have non-prehensile tails. Some have trichromatic colour vision like that of humans, others are dichromats or monochromats. Although both the New and Old World monkeys, like the apes, have forward facing eyes, the faces of Old World and New World monkeys look very different, though again, each group shares some features such as the types of noses, cheeks and rumps. In order to understand the monkeys, it is necessary to study the characteristics of the different groups individually.


As food
There are a lot of myths about Chinese habits which are mostly contrived, such as the stories about eating monkeys brains.[1]
Scientists from the University of Nottingham speculate that humans caught HIV after hunting and eating the infected chimps.[2]
Monkeys are forbidden to be eaten according to Islamic dietary laws.

For other uses, see Monkey (disambiguation).


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Approximate worldwide distribution of monkeys.


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Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia
A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. These three groupings are the New World monkeys, the Old World monkeys, and the apes. The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder Platyrrhini, whereas the Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) form part of the parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the apes. Thus, scientifically speaking, monkeys do not form a "natural group", in that the Old World monkeys are actually more closely related to the apes than they are to the New World species. There are 264 known extant species of monkey. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though biologists don't consider them to be monkeys. Conversely, due to its size (up to 1 metre) the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name. Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of simians, the apes.

A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. These three groupings are the New World monkeys, the Old World monkeys, and the apes. The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder Platyrrhini, whereas the Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) form part of the parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the apes. Thus, scientifically speaking, monkeys do not form a "natural group", in that the Old World monkeys are actually more closely related to the apes than they are to the New World species. There are 264 known extant species of monkey. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though biologists don't consider them to be monkeys. Conversely, due to its size (up to 1 metre) the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name. Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of simians, the apes.

Characteristics

Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset, at 14-16 cm (5-6 inch) long (plus tail) and 120-140 g (4-5 oz) in weight, to the male Mandrill, almost 1 metre (3 ft) long and weighing 35 kg (75 lb). Some are arboreal (living in trees), some live on the savannah; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following: fruit, leaves, seeds, nuts, flowers, insects, spiders, eggs and small animals.

Some characteristics are shared among the groups; most New World monkeys have prehensile tails while most Old World monkeys have non-prehensile tails. Some have trichromatic colour vision like that of humans, others are dichromats or monochromats. Although both the New and Old World monkeys, like the apes, have forward facing eyes, the faces of Old World and New World monkeys look very different, though again, each group shares some features such as the types of noses, cheeks and rumps. In order to understand the monkeys, it is necessary to study the characteristics of the different groups individually.

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A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. These three groupings are the New World monkeys, the Old World monkeys, and the apes. The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder Platyrrhini, whereas the Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) form part of the parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the apes. Thus, scientifically speaking, monkeys do not form a "natural group", in that the Old World monkeys are actually more closely related to the apes than they are to the New World species. There are 264 known extant species of monkey. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though biologists don't consider them to be monkeys. Conversely, due to its size (up to 1 metre) the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name. Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of simians, the apes.













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Monkeys, Mori Sosen (1749-1821)









Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset, at 14-16 cm (5-6 inch) long (plus tail) and 120-140 g (4-5 oz) in weight, to the male Mandrill, almost 1 metre (3 ft) long and weighing 35 kg (75 lb). Some are arboreal (living in trees), some live on the savannah; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following: fruit, leaves, seeds, nuts, flowers, insects, spiders, eggs and small animals.




Some characteristics are shared among the groups; most New World monkeys have prehensile tails while most Old World monkeys have non-prehensile tails. Some have trichromatic colour vision like that of humans, others are dichromats or monochromats. Although both the New and Old World monkeys, like the apes, have forward facing eyes, the faces of Old World and New World monkeys look very different, though again, each group shares some features such as the types of noses, cheeks and rumps. In order to understand the monkeys, it is necessary to study the characteristics of the different groups individually.









According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "monkey" may originate in a German version of the Big Virgina fable, published circa 1580. In this version of the fable, a character named Moneke is the son of Martin the Ape. The word Moneke may have been derived from the Italian monna, which means "a female ape". The name Moneke likely persisted over time due to the popularity of Reynard the Fox.







A group of monkeys may be referred to as a mission or a tribe.













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Macaques in Kam Shan Country Park of Hong Kong







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A macaque sits in a cage in a German laboratory. [1]

A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. These three groupings are the New World monkeys, the Old World monkeys, and the apes. The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder Platyrrhini, whereas the Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) form part of the parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the apes. Thus, scientifically speaking, monkeys do not form a "natural group", in that the Old World monkeys are actually more closely related to the apes than they are to the New World species. There are 264 known extant species of monkey. Because of their similarity to monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in informal usage, though biologists don't consider them to be monkeys. Conversely, due to its size (up to 1 metre) the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name. Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of simians, the apes.

Characteristics

Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset, at 14-16 cm (5-6 inch) long (plus tail) and 120-140 g (4-5 oz) in weight, to the male Mandrill, almost 1 metre (3 ft) long and weighing 35 kg (75 lb). Some are arboreal (living in trees), some live on the savannah; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following: fruit, leaves, seeds, nuts, flowers, insects, spiders, eggs and small animals.

Some characteristics are shared among the groups; most New World monkeys have prehensile tails while most Old World monkeys have non-prehensile tails. Some have trichromatic colour vision like that of humans, others are dichromats or monochromats. Although both the New and Old World monkeys, like the apes, have forward facing eyes, the faces of Old World and New World monkeys look very different, though again, each group shares some features such as the types of noses, cheeks and rumps. In order to understand the monkeys, it is necessary to study the characteristics of the different groups individually.

中文回答~

猴 是大家習見的動物，動物園中猴會向遊客討東西吃， 會做各種有趣的動作，一向是小朋友的寵物。

世界上有一百多種主要的猴類，分布在亞洲和非洲和南美洲的 亞熱帶和熱帶地區；牠們大致分為兩類：一是產在舊大陸， 包括歐非亞三洲的狹鼻猴類；另一產在新大陸， 包括南北美洲的廣鼻猴類。

猴子四肢跟人一樣，各有五趾，也有指甲；下肢也會拿東西。

猴子五官集中在臉部正面，一對眼睛的距離比其他動物接近， 並且朝同一方向注視；所以觀察和人一樣具有立體感， 也能正確判斷距離的遠近。

猴常集數十隻或上百隻成一群，還有粗略組織； 每群必定有一隻強悍的雄猴稱王，領導其他分子； 猴群有牠們的生活範圍，數目多的範圍，數目少的範圍小。

頭腦發達的猴類，身手靈活，經常在樹上活動，以果實為食； 也有一些生活在地上，不過牠們不像人類以兩腳走路， 而是以四肢著地爬行。

猴子體重五至二十公斤，壽命約為十五年，生殖力很強； 台灣也產猴，是獼猴的一種，不過台灣猴數量已銳減， 如果我們不再妥善保護，很快就會絕種了。

所以這也是本站設立的目地之一，希望大家多了解猴， 進而喜歡猴，而保育猴，讓台灣猴有良好的生長環境。