Originally from the Atlas Mountains and the Rif of Morocco, the Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population on the European continent. Although most Barbary monkey popul
This young Barbary macaque is part of a group of 25 to 70 individuals from several different monkey families in Gibraltar.
A Barbary macaque sitting on a fence at the Gibraltar Cable Car top station
Second World War-era image of Gunner D R Carpenter registering a new arrival of a macaque from Tangiers.
Although the Barbary macaques form part of tourism in Gibraltar, direct contact with them (as shown in this photograph) is strongly discouraged.
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Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. It has
Barbary macaques in Gibraltar
…Originally from the Atlas Mountains and the Rif of Morocco, the Barbary macaque population in Gibraltar is the only wild monkey population on the European continent. Although most Barbary monkey populations in the African continent (specifically Algeria…
An aerial view
Gibraltar from the air, looking north-west
View of the northern face of the Moorish Castle's Tower of Homage
Shown here during the Second World War, a Douglas Dakota of BOAC is silhouetted at Gibraltar by the batteries of searchlights on the Rock, as crews prepare it for a night flight to the United Kingdom.