Paradolichopithecus (SciiFii)

The walking macaque (Paradolichopithecus europeansis), also known as the walking monkey, is a species of cercopithecine monkey, most closely related to macaques, that originally lived in Eurasia during the late Pliocene and early Pleistocene as an extinct species of Paradolichopithecus and was once extinct, but the genus itself has since been brought back from extinction and reintroduced throughout the modern wetlands, forests, open woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, and scrublands across Eurasia to help boost biodiversity. The walking macaque can range in weight from 30 to 60 kilograms, although it usually grows to be about as large as the biggest mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). The walking macaque has a head similar in shape to a baboon's head, but its poscranial skeleton has some very intriguing traits that allows a different locomotion, with some of them resembling Australopithecus, which allows the walking macaque to walk bipedally a lot more than other monkeys, and that may be an example of convergent evolution. The arms of the walking macaque have greater mobility at the elbow than those of other monkeys, allowing the walking macaque to carry objects around and even to fight predators and, occasionally, rival members of its species. The walking macaque is an omnivore that primarily feeds on insects, small vertebrates, eggs, carrion, fruits, nuts, seeds, roots, shoots, tubers, and bulbs. The walking macaques are social animals that can live in troops consisting of up to around 150 individuals at a time. The conservation status of the walking macaque is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the walking macaque's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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