Curious George

Being a kid in the 2000's let you watch quality tv shows like Curious George. Curious George was a monkey, so he obviously has a tail right? Wrong, our beloved monkey never had a tail. When your a kid you would expect your self to remember if a monkey had a tail. He doesn't have a tail, so does that make him a ape and not a monkey. All monkey's have tails except the Barbary macaque. What doesn't make sense is that George was always referred to as a "little monkey", so does that mean he's a barbary macaque? Many people along with me remember him having a tail, or was it just that we thought he had a tail because he was referred to as a monkey through out the books and the tv show.