Pets and how to care for them . e diet of monkeys in the wild state varies some-what, according to species, most are omnivorous in cap-tivity. Vegetables, raw or cooked, boiled rice, ripe fruit—such as bananas, oranges, sweet apples, etc.—stale breadand an occasional bit of well-cooked chicken will meetthe needs of all. The food should be as varied as possible,and given two or three times daily. Over-feeding is to beavoided here, as in other groups. Most monkeys will drinkfresh milk, to which a raw egg may be added now and water should be provided at all times. The monkey which is m
Pets and how to care for them . e diet of monkeys in the wild state varies some-what, according to species, most are omnivorous in cap-tivity. Vegetables, raw or cooked, boiled rice, ripe fruit—such as bananas, oranges, sweet apples, etc.—stale breadand an occasional bit of well-cooked chicken will meetthe needs of all. The food should be as varied as possible,and given two or three times daily. Over-feeding is to beavoided here, as in other groups. Most monkeys will drinkfresh milk, to which a raw egg may be added now and water should be provided at all times. The monkey which is most abundant in the Americanmarket is the Rhesus (Pithecus rhesus). This speciesbelongs to the family Lasiopygin^, which, according toElliot,* includes all of the Old World monkeys, with theexception of the great man-like forms. It is the commonestmonkey of India, ranging from the hot plains to a com-paratively high elevation in the Himalayan foothills. It is * Elliot, D. G.: A Review of the Primates, 1912, Vol. II, p. Rhesus Monkey
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