Monkeys are primates (an order of intelligent mammals that also includes apes and people).

There are about 125 species of monkeys. A group of monkeys is called a troop. Monkeys live in forests, grasslands, high plains, and mountain habitats. Many monkeys are arboreal (spending most of their lives in trees); others (like baboons and macaques) live mostly on the ground.

 The diet of monkeys varies form fruits, leaves, flowers, insects, eggs, and small reptiles. Most species are primarily herbivorous.

 Adult monkeys range from about 2 to 4 feet long. Most also have a long tail up to 3 feet (0.9 m) long. They weigh from 4 ounces to 100 pounds. Monkeys have long arms; their five-fingered hands and feet have opposable thumbs.

Are unlike apes in that most have tails. Some species inhabit tropical rainforests, while others live on arid grasslands and even mountainous areas with heavy winter snows.

 The Old World monkeys include the many species of macaque, widely distributed throughout Africa and Asia. The rhesus monkey, commonly used in laboratory experiments, is an Asian macaque. Related to the macaques are the baboons of Africa and SW Asia, as well as the mandrill and mangabey of Africa. The guerezas, or colobus monkeys (genus Colobus), are very large, long-tailed, leafeating African monkeys.

Snow Macaque

Baboons

Guereza

Mandrill

Are limited to tropical forest environments of southern Mexico, Central, and South America. All of these monkeys are predominantly arboreal and mostly herbivorous. Today, there are at least 53 species

They are small to midsized primates, ranging from the Pygmy Marmoset (the world's smallest monkey), to the Southern Muriqui. The noses of New World monkeys are flatter than the narrow noses of the Old World monkeys, and have side-facing nostrils.

Baby Marmoset

Muriqui

Baby Capuchin

Lion Tamarins

 It all depends on the species of monkey. They range anywhere form 15- 45+ years depending on the species. Squirrel monkeys, tamarins, and marmosets have a life span of 15-20 years. Macaques have a life span of about 25 years. Capuchins have a life span of about 45 years.

Monkeys reproduce the same way all mammals do, but somethings may differ such as their behavior.