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Why aren't primates found outside of the tropics (except for us)?
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Reply	dpgalbraith says: The simple answer is - they are. The best example is probably the Japanese macaque Macaca fuscata, which is endemic to the snowy regions of Japan. Notwithstanding occasionally freezing to death, they seem to make a decent job of surviving in a (barely) temperate region. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Macaque (no votes) Tags: animals, monkeys, macaque, Japan.
	posted on 2010-01-28 06:12:36 \| Report abuse

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