World Monkey Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated on December 14th each year. The holiday highlights monkeys and "all things simian", including other non-human primates such as gorillas, baboons, capuchins, gibbons and chimpanzees. In honor of the day:
Which of these selected New World monkey movie characters* is your favorite one? * New World monkeys are scientifically classified in the primate taxonomy superfamily Ceboidea, comprising Atelids (howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys), Aotus (night monkeys), Pitheciidaes (titis, uakari, and saki monkeys), Cebidaes (capuchin and squirrel monkeys), Callitrichidaes (marmoset and tamarin monkeys) and other related monkey species. These species' natural habitat is the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America on the Western Hemisphere continents. They also are part of the broader Haplorhini suborder, containing all the higher primates including tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes.
Discuss the topic here. #WorldMonkeyDay
