Mother rhesus macaque monkey suckles young. Swayambhunath, Buddhist "Monkey Temple", Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A mother rhesus macaque monkey suckles her young, at Buddhist Swayambhunath, the "Monkey Temple", which was founded about 500 AD, one of the oldest and holiest Buddhist sites in the Kathmandu Valley. It sits on a hill in the west of Kathmandu overlooking the city. Rhesus macaques can be found in temperate cedar oak forests, tropical woodlands, and swamps from Afghanistan and India to Thailand and Southern China. In India and Nepal, they can be found near Hindu temples, accepting food from humans.

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A mother rhesus macaque monkey suckles her young, at Buddhist Swayambhunath, the "Monkey Temple", which was founded about 500 AD, one of the oldest and holiest Buddhist sites in the Kathmandu Valley. It sits on a hill in the west of Kathmandu overlooking the city. Rhesus macaques can be found in temperate cedar oak forests, tropical woodlands, and swamps from Afghanistan and India to Thailand and Southern China. In India and Nepal, they can be found near Hindu temples, accepting food from humans.