List of primates contains the extant

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

in the order

Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter including ...

s and currently contains 16 families and 72 genera. For extinct species see the

list of fossil primates This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists. Primates are generally thought to have evolved from a small, unspecialized mammal, which probably fed on insects and fruits. However, the precise source of the p ...

Suborder Strepsirrhini

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) 3

Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) male

Infraorder
Lemuriformes Lemuriformes is an infraorder of primate that falls under the suborder Strepsirrhini. It includes the lemurs of Madagascar, as well as the galagos and lorisids of Africa and Asia, although a popular alternative taxonomy places the lorisoids i ...

Superfamily Lemuroidea

* Family

Cheirogaleidae The Cheirogaleidae are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar. Characteristics Cheirogaleids are smaller than the ...

: dwarf and mouse lemurs ** Genus '' Cheirogaleus'' *** Montagne d'Ambre dwarf lemur, ''Cheirogaleus andysabini'' ***

Furry-eared dwarf lemur The furry-eared dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus crossleyi''), or Crossley's dwarf lemur, only found on the island of Madagascar, as with all other lemurs. It has a pelage Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of mammals. It consists ...

, ''Cheirogaleus crossleyi'' *** Groves' dwarf lemur, ''Cheirogaleus grovesi'' ***

Lavasoa dwarf lemur The Lavasoa dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus lavasoensis'') is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate and a species of lemur that is endemic to three small, isolated patches of forest on the southern slopes of the Lavasoa Mountains in southern Madag ...

, ''Cheirogaleus lavasoensis'' ***

Greater dwarf lemur The greater dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus major''), or the Geoffroy's dwarf lemur, is a lemur that is widely distributed over the primary and secondary forests near the eastern coast of Madagascar. They are also found in northern parts of Madagasca ...

, ''Cheirogaleus major'' ***

Fat-tailed dwarf lemur The fat-tailed dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus medius''), also known as the lesser dwarf lemur, western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, or spiny forest dwarf lemur, is endemic to Madagascar. Hibernation Recent research has shown that ''C. medius'' hibernat ...

, ''Cheirogaleus medius'' *** Lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur, ''Cheirogaleus minusculus'' *** Ankarana dwarf lemur, ''Cheirogaleus shethi'' ***

Sibree's dwarf lemur Sibree's dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus sibreei'') is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. The name of this dwarf lemur commemorates the English missionary and naturalist James Sibree (1836–1929). In 2010, a research team confirmed tha ...

, ''Cheirogaleus sibreei'' *** Thomas' dwarf lemur, ''Cheirogaleus thomasi'' ** Genus '' Microcebus'' *** Arnhold's mouse lemur (''Microcebus arnholdi'') ***

Madame Berthe's mouse lemur Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (''Microcebus berthae'') or Berthe's mouse lemur is the smallest of the mouse lemurs and the smallest primate in the world; the average body length is and seasonal weight is around . ''Microcebus berthae'' is one of ...

(''Microcebus berthae'') *** Bongolava mouse lemur (''Microcebus bongolavensis'') ***

Boraha mouse lemur The Nosy Boraha mouse lemur (''Microcebus boraha'') is a species of mouse lemur described in 2016 from Madagascar. It was discovered by a team of researchers at the German Primate Center. It was initially discovered among closely related species ...

(''Microcebus boraha'') ***

Danfoss' mouse lemur Danfoss's mouse lemur (''Microcebus danfossi''), or the Ambarijeby mouse lemur, is a species of mouse lemur endemic to Madagascar. It lives in western deciduous forest within a limited range between the Sofia River and the Maevarano River. This ...

(''Microcebus danfossi'') ***

Ganzhorn's mouse lemur Ganzhorn's mouse lemur (''Microcebus ganzhorni'') is a species of lemur described in 2016. The discovery was made by researchers at the German Primate Center. It was discovered in Madagascar among closely related species such as Madame Berthe's m ...

(''Microcebus ganzhorni'') ***

Gerp's mouse lemur Gerp's mouse lemur (''Microcebus gerpi'') is a species of mouse lemur known only from the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, near Mantadia National Park. Its discovery was announced in 2012 by a German and Malagasy research team. The Saha ...

(''Microcebus gerpi'') ***

Reddish-gray mouse lemur The reddish-gray mouse lemur (''Microcebus griseorufus'') also known as the gray-brown mouse lemur or rufous-gray mouse lemur, is a small, solitary-but-social, nocturnal and omnivorous primate from the Western Madagascar in the region around B ...

(''Microcebus griseorufus'') ***

Jolly's mouse lemur Jolly's mouse lemur (''Microcebus jollyae'') is a species of mouse lemur from Mananjary and Kianjavato in Madagascar. The species is named in honor of primatologist Alison Jolly. Jolly's mouse lemur is uniformly reddish-brown with a small whi ...

(''Microcebus jollyae'') ***

Jonah's mouse lemur ''Microcebus jonahi'', or Jonah's mouse lemur, is tiny species of primate. It weighs 60 g and has a body length of around 13 cm and its tail measures around 13 cm as well. It is the 25th recognized species of mouse lemur and the 1 ...

, (''Microcebus jonahi'') ***

Goodman's mouse lemur Goodman's mouse lemur (''Microcebus lehilahytsara'') is a species of mouse lemur from the region near Andasibe in eastern Madagascar. The species is named in honor of primatologist Steven M. Goodman. "Lehilahytsara" is a combination of the Mal ...

(''Microcebus lehilahytsara'') ***

MacArthur's mouse lemur MacArthur's mouse lemur (''Microcebus macarthurii''), or the Anjiahely mouse lemur, is a species of mouse lemur known only from Makira Natural Park in northeastern Madagascar. The species is named in honor of the founder of the MacArthur Foundat ...

(''Microcebus macarthurii'') *** Claire's mouse lemur (''Microcebus mamiratra'') ***

Bemanasy mouse lemur The Bemanasy mouse lemur, ''Microcebus manitatra'', is a species of mouse lemur described in 2016 from Madagascar. It was discovered by a team of researchers at the German Primate Center. It was initially discovered among closely related species ...

, (''Microcebus manitatra'') *** Margot Marsh's mouse lemur (''Microcebus margotmarshae'') ***

Marohita mouse lemur The Marohita mouse lemur (''Microcebus marohita'') is a species of mouse lemur known only from the Marohita Forest in eastern Madagascar, near the village of Marolambo. Specimens were first collected in December 2003, and its discovery was anno ...

(''Microcebus marohita'') *** Mittermeier's mouse lemur (''Microcebus mittermeieri'') ***

Gray mouse lemur The gray mouse lemur (''Microcebus murinus''), grey mouse lemur or lesser mouse lemur, is a small lemur, a type of strepsirrhine primate, found only on the island of Madagascar. Weighing , it is the largest of the mouse lemurs (genus ''Micro ...

(''Microcebus murinus'') *** Pygmy mouse lemur (''Microcebus myoxinus'') *** Golden-brown mouse lemur (''Microcebus ravelobensis'') *** Brown mouse lemur (''Microcebus rufus'') *** Sambirano mouse lemur (''Microcebus sambiranensis'') *** Simmons' mouse lemur (''Microcebus simmonsi'') ***

Anosy mouse lemur The Anosy mouse lemur (''Microcebus tanosi'') is a species of mouse lemur known only from the Manantantely Forest and Ivorona Forest in southeastern Madagascar, near Tôlanaro. Specimens were first collected in April 2007, and its discovery wa ...

(''Microcebus tanosi'') *** Northern rufous mouse lemur (''Microcebus tavaratra'') ** Genus '' Mirza'' *** Coquerel's giant mouse lemur or Coquerel's mouse lemur (''Mirza coquereli'') *** Northern giant mouse lemur (''Mirza zaza'') ** Genus '' Allocebus'' *** Hairy-eared dwarf lemur (''Allocebus trichotis'') ** Genus '' Phaner'' ***

Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur The Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur (''Phaner electromontis''), also known as the Montagne d'Ambre fork-crowned lemur or Tanta, is a small primate, and like the other lemurs, can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The species is named aft ...

(''Phaner electromontis'') *** Masoala fork-marked lemur (''Phaner furcifer'') *** Pale fork-marked lemur (''Phaner pallescens'') *** Pariente's fork-marked lemur (''Phaner parienti'') * Family

Lemuridae Lemuridae is a family of strepsirrhine primates native to Madagascar and the Comoros. They are represented by the Lemuriformes in Madagascar with one of the highest concentration of the lemurs. One of five families commonly known as lemurs. Thes ...

: lemurs ** Genus ''

Lemur Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madagas ...

'' *** Ring-tailed lemur (''Lemur catta'') ** Genus '' Eulemur'' : true lemurs ***

White-headed lemur The white-headed lemur (''Eulemur albifrons''), also known as the white-headed brown lemur, white-fronted brown lemur, or white-fronted lemur, is a species of primate in the family Lemuridae. It is only found in north-eastern Madagascar. It is ...

(''Eulemur albifrons'') ***

Gray-headed lemur The gray-headed lemur (''Eulemur cinereiceps''), or gray-headed brown lemur, is a medium-sized primate, a cathemeral species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. Until a taxonomic revision in 2008, it was known as the white-collared brown lemur or ...

(''Eulemur cinereiceps'') ***

Collared brown lemur The collared brown lemur (''Eulemur collaris''), also known as the red-collared brown lemur or red-collared lemur, is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate and one of twelve species of brown lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is only found in sout ...

(''Eulemur collaris'') ***

Crowned lemur The crowned lemur (''Eulemur coronatus'') is a lemur that is long and weighs . Its tail is about long. Description The crowned lemur is endemic to the dry deciduous forests of the northern tip of Madagascar. It eats a diet of mostly flowers, f ...

(''Eulemur coronatus'') ***

Blue-eyed black lemur The blue-eyed black lemur (''Eulemur flavifrons''), also known as the Sclater's lemur, is a species of true lemur. It can attain a body length of , a tail length of , a total length of , and a weight of . Being a primate, it has strong hands wi ...

(''Eulemur flavifrons'') ***

Common brown lemur The common brown lemur (''Eulemur fulvus'') is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and has been introduced to Mayotte. Taxonomy Five additional currently recognized species of lemur were until 2001 considered ...

(''Eulemur fulvus'') *** Black lemur (''Eulemur macaco'') ***

Mongoose lemur The mongoose lemur (''Eulemur mongoz'') is a small primate in the family Lemuridae, native to Madagascar and introduced to the Comoros Islands. These arboreal animals have pointed faces, long, bushy tails, dark-brown upper parts, pale bellies, a ...

(''Eulemur mongoz'') ***

Red-bellied lemur The red-bellied lemur (''Eulemur rubriventer'') is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate with a luxuriant chestnut brown coat. This lemur is endemic to eastern Madagascan rainforests and is distinguished by patches of white skin below the e ...

(''Eulemur rubriventer'') ***

Red-fronted lemur The red-fronted lemur (''Eulemur rufifrons''), also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulv ...

(''Eulemur rufifrons'') ***

Red lemur The red lemur (''Eulemur rufus''), also known as the rufous brown lemur or northern red-fronted lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, the species ''E. rufus'' was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulvu ...

(''Eulemur rufus'') ***

Sanford's brown lemur Sanford's brown lemur (''Eulemur sanfordi''), or Sanford's lemur, is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Lemuridae. Sanford's brown lemur was previously considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur (''Eulemur fulvus'') but was ...

(''Eulemur sanfordi'') ** Genus '' Hapalemur'' : lesser gentle or bamboo lemurs ***

Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur The Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur alaotrensis''), also known as the Lac Alaotra gentle lemur, Alaotran bamboo lemur, Alaotran gentle lemur, Alaotra reed lemur, or locally as the ', is a bamboo lemur. It is endemic to the reed beds in and ...

(''Hapalemur alaotrensis'') ***

Golden bamboo lemur The golden bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur aureus''), or in Malagasy, is a medium-sized bamboo lemur endemic to south-eastern Madagascar. Description The golden bamboo lemur is crepuscular i.e. is a most active at dawn and dusk. It is about the si ...

(''Hapalemur aureus'') ***

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur The eastern lesser bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur griseus''), also known as the gray bamboo lemur, the gray gentle lemur, and the Mahajanga lemur is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar, with three known subspecies. As its name suggests, the eastern le ...

(''Hapalemur griseus'') ***

Southern lesser bamboo lemur The southern lesser bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur meridionalis''), also known as the southern bamboo lemur, rusty-gray lesser bamboo lemur, and southern gentle lemur, is a species of bamboo lemur endemic to southern Madagascar. Taxonomy It was orig ...

(''Hapalemur meridionalis'') ***

Western lesser bamboo lemur The western lesser bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur occidentalis''), also known as the northern bamboo lemur, western gentle lemur, or Sambirano lesser bamboo lemur, is a species of bamboo lemur endemic to Madagascar. Description The total length of t ...

(''Hapalemur occidentalis'') ** Genus '' Prolemur'' ***

Greater bamboo lemur The greater bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur simus''), also known as the broad-nosed bamboo lemur and the broad-nosed gentle lemur, is a species of lemur endemic to the island of Madagascar. Taxonomy Originally described as ''Hapalemur (Prolemur) s ...

(''Prolemur simus'') ** Genus ''

Varecia The ruffed lemurs of the genus ''Varecia'' are strepsirrhine primates and the largest extant lemurs within the family Lemuridae. Like all living lemurs, they are found only on the island of Madagascar. Formerly considered to be a monotypic genus ...

'' : ruffed lemurs ***

Red ruffed lemur The red ruffed lemur (''Varecia rubra'') is one of two species in the genus ''Varecia'', the ruffed lemurs; the other is the black-and-white ruffed lemur (''Varecia variegata''). Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar. It occurs only in the ...

(''Varecia rubra'') ***

Black-and-white ruffed lemur The black-and-white ruffed lemur (''Varecia variegata'') is an endangered species of ruffed lemur, one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur, it has a much smaller populati ...

(''Varecia variegata'') * Family

Lepilemuridae The sportive lemurs are the medium-sized primates that make up the family Lepilemuridae. The family consists of only one extant genus, ''Lepilemur''. They are closely related to the other lemurs and exclusively live on the island of Madagascar. ...

: sportive lemurs ** Genus '' Lepilemur'' *** AEECL's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur aeeclis'') *** Ahmanson's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur ahmansoni'') *** Ankarana sportive lemur (''Lepilemur ankaranensis'') *** Betsileo sportive lemur (''Lepilemur betsileo'') *** Gray-backed sportive lemur (''Lepilemur dorsalis'') *** Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur (''Lepilemur edwardsi'') *** Fleurete's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur fleuretae'') ***

Grewcock's sportive lemur Grewcock's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur grewcockorum''), or the Anjiamangirana sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a medium-sized sportive lemurs with a total length of about , of which are tail. Grewcock's sportiv ...

(''Lepilemur grewcockorum'') *** Holland's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur hollandorum'') *** Hubbard's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur hubbardi'') *** James' sportive lemur (''Lepilemur jamesorum'') *** White-footed sportive lemur (''Lepilemur leucopus'') *** Small-toothed sportive lemur (''Lepilemur microdon'') *** Daraina sportive lemur (''Lepilemur milanoii'') *** Mittermeier's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur mittermeieri'') *** Weasel sportive lemur (''Lepilemur mustelinus'') *** Otto's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur otto'') *** Petter's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur petteri'') *** Randrianasolo's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur randrianasoli'') *** Red-tailed sportive lemur (''Lepilemur ruficaudatus'') ***

Sahamalaza sportive lemur The Sahamalaza sportive lemur (''Lepilemur sahamalaza'') is a species of sportive lemur endemic to northern Madagascar. Taxonomy The sportive lemurs (Lepilemuridae) constitute a family with only a single genus, ''Lepilemur''. Relationships withi ...

(''Lepilemur sahamalazensis'') *** Scott's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur scottorum'') *** Seal's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur seali'') *** Northern sportive lemur (''Lepilemur septentrionalis'') *** Hawks' sportive lemur (''Lepilemur tymerlachsoni'') *** Wright's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur wrightae'') * Family

Indriidae The Indriidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. They are medium- to large-sized lemurs, with only four teeth in the toothcomb instead of the usual six. Indriids, like all lemurs, live exclusively on ...

: woolly lemurs and allies ** Genus ''

Indri The indri (; ''Indri indri''), also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs, with a head-body length of about and a weight of between . It has a black and white coat and maintains an upright posture when climbing or clinging. ...

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(''Indri indri'') ** Genus '' Avahi'' ***

Betsileo woolly lemur The Betsileo woolly lemur or Betsileo avahi (''Avahi betsileo'') is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar, in the District of Fandriana. The pelage differs significantly from other southeastern woolly lemurs in that it is p ...

(''Avahi betsileo'') ***

Bemaraha woolly lemur The Bemaraha woolly lemur (''Avahi cleesei''), also known as Cleese's woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar, named after John Cleese. The first scientist to discover the species named it after Cleese, star of ...

(''Avahi cleesei'') ***

Eastern woolly lemur The eastern woolly lemur (''Avahi laniger''), also known as the eastern avahi or Gmelin's woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to eastern Madagascar, where it lives in the wet tropical rainforest at low elevations along the eastern ...

(''Avahi laniger'') ***

Southern woolly lemur The southern woolly lemur (''Avahi meridionalis''), or southern avahi, has been recently recognized as a separate species of woolly lemur in 2006 by Zaramody ''et al.'' It is a nocturnal and pair-living species. Groups can range from 2 (the paren ...

(''Avahi meridionalis'') ***

Moore's woolly lemur Moore's woolly lemur (''Avahi mooreorum''), or the Masoala woolly lemur, is a woolly lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has brown-grey fur and a reddish tail. It is named in honor of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of San Francisco S ...

(''Avahi mooreorum'') ***

Western woolly lemur The western woolly lemur or western avahi (''Avahi occidentalis'') is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar, where they live in dry deciduous forests. These nocturnal animals weigh . It is a folivorous species. The western wooll ...

(''Avahi occidentalis'') ***

Peyrieras's woolly lemur Peyrieras's woolly lemur or Peyrieras's avahi (''Avahi peyrierasi'') is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ...

(''Avahi peyrierasi'') ***

Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur (''Avahi ramanantsoavanai''), also known as Ramanantsoavana's avahi or the Manombo woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to southeastern Madagascar. It weighs about 1 kg. It was originally conside ...

(''Avahi ramanantsoavani'') ***

Sambirano woolly lemur The Sambirano woolly lemur (''Avahi unicolor''), also known as the Sambirano avahi or unicolor woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar. Description The species are located in Cacamba, on the peninsula of Ampasind ...

(''Avahi unicolor'') ** Genus ''

Propithecus A sifaka (; ) is a lemur of the genus ''Propithecus'' from the family Indriidae within the order Primates. The name of their family is an onomatopoeia of their characteristic "shi-fak" alarm call. Like all lemurs, they are found only on the isl ...

'' *** Silky sifaka (''Propithecus candidus'') ***

Coquerel's sifaka Coquerel's sifaka (''Propithecus coquereli'') is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus '' Propithecus''. It is native to northwest Madagascar. Coquerel's sifaka was once considered to be a subspecies of Verreaux's sifaka, but was ...

(''Propithecus coquereli'') ***

Crowned sifaka The crowned sifaka (''Propithecus coronatus'') is a sifaka endemic to western Madagascar, a part of the world where nature and its biological diversity faces enormous and devastating consequences resulting from anthropogenic activities. It is a s ...

(''Propithecus coronatus'') ***

Von der Decken's sifaka Von der Decken's sifaka (''Propithecus deckenii'') is a sifaka endemic to Madagascar. It has a length of 92 to 107 centimeters, of which 42-48 centimeters are tail. Von der Decken's Sifaka lives in western Madagascar. It lives in dry deciduous ...

(''Propithecus deckenii'') ***

Diademed sifaka The diademed sifaka (''Propithecus diadema''), or diademed simpona, is an endangered species of sifaka, one of the lemurs endemic to certain rainforests in eastern Madagascar. Along with the indri, this species is one of the two largest living l ...

(''Propithecus diadema'') ***

Milne-Edwards's sifaka Milne-Edwards's sifaka (''Propithecus edwardsi''), or Milne-Edwards's simpona, is a large arboreal, diurnal lemur endemic to the eastern coastal rainforest of Madagascar. Milne-Edwards's sifaka is characterized by a black body with a light-colo ...

(''Propithecus edwardsi'') *** Perrier's sifaka (''Propithecus perrieri'') ***

Golden-crowned sifaka The golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka (''Propithecus tattersalli'') is a medium-sized lemur characterized by mostly white fur, prominent furry ears, and a golden-orange crown. It is one of the smallest sifakas (genus ''Propithecus'') ...

(''Propithecus tattersalli'') *** Verreaux's sifaka (''Propithecus verreauxi'') * Family

Daubentoniidae ''Daubentonia'' is the sole genus of the Daubentoniidae, a family of lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar. The aye-aye ''(Daubentonia madagascariensis)'' is the only extant member. However, a second species known as the giant aye-aye ...

: aye-aye ** Genus ''

Daubentonia ''Daubentonia'' is the sole genus of the Daubentoniidae, a family of lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar. The aye-aye ''(Daubentonia madagascariensis)'' is the only extant member. However, a second species known as the giant aye-aye ...

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Aye-aye The aye-aye (''Daubentonia madagascariensis'') is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate. ...

(''Daubentonia madagascariensis'')

Superfamily
Lorisoidea Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the galagos and the lorisids. As strepsirrhines, lorisoids are related to the lemurs of Madagascar and are sometimes included in the infraorder L ...

* Family

Lorisidae Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and comprise the lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast As ...

: lorises, pottos and allies ** Genus ''

Arctocebus Angwantibos are two species of strepsirrhine primates classified in the genus ''Arctocebus'' of the family Lorisidae. They are also known as golden pottos because of their yellow or golden coloration. Angwantibos live in tropical Africa and thei ...

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Golden angwantibo The golden angwantibo (''Arctocebus aureus'') is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae. It shares the genus '' Arctocebus'' with the Calabar angwantibo (''Arctocebus calabarensis'') and together they are commonly called the golden potto ...

(''Arctocebus aureus'') ***

Calabar angwantibo The Calabar angwantibo (''Arctocebus calabarensis''), also known as the Calabar potto, is a strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae. It shares the genus '' Arctocebus'' with the golden angwantibo (''Arctocebus aureus''). It is closely rela ...

(''Arctocebus calabarensis'') ** Genus '' Perodicticus'' *** Central African potto (''Perodicticus edwardsi'') ***

East African potto The East African potto (''Perodicticus ibeanus'') is a species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primate. It is found in Central and East Africa. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecies of the West African potto (''Perodicticus potto''), bu ...

(''Perodicticus ibeanus'') ***

West African potto The West African potto (''Perodicticus potto'') is a species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primate. It is found in tropical West Africa. It is also known as Bosman's potto, after Willem Bosman, who described the species in 1704. It is the type speci ...

(''Perodicticus potto'') ** Genus ''

Loris Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae (sometimes spelled Lorisinae) in the family Lorisidae. ''Loris'' is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, ''Nycticebus'' is the genus conta ...

'' *** Gray slender loris (''Loris lydekkerianus'') ***

Red slender loris The red slender loris (''Loris tardigradus'') is a small, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is No. 6 of the 10 focal species and No. 22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most evo ...

(''Loris tardigradus'') ** Genus ''

Nycticebus Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus ''Nycticebus''. Found in Southeast Asia and bordering areas, they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Sulu Archip ...

'' *** Bangka slow loris (''Nycticebus bancanus'') ***

Bengal slow loris The Bengal slow loris (''Nycticebus bengalensis'') or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Its geographic range is larger than that of any other slow loris s ...

(''Nycticebus bengalensis'') *** Bornean slow loris (''Nycticebus borneanus'') ***

Sunda slow loris The Sunda slow loris (''Nycticebus coucang'') or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures from head to tail and weighs between . ...

(''Nycticebus coucang'') *** Javan slow loris (''Nycticebus javanicus'') *** Kayan River slow loris (''Nycticebus kayan'') *** Philippine slow loris (''Nycticebus menagensis'') *** Sumatran slow loris (''Nycticebus hilleri'') ** Genus ''

Xanthonycticebus The pygmy slow loris (''Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus'') is a species of slow loris found east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia, and China. It occurs in a variety of forest habitats, including tropical dry forests, semi-evergre ...

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Pygmy slow loris The pygmy slow loris (''Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus'') is a species of slow loris found east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia, and China. It occurs in a variety of forest habitats, including tropical dry forests, semi-everg ...

(''Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus'') * Family

Galagidae Galagos , also known as bush babies, or ''nagapies'' (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are ...

: galagos ** Genus ''

Galago Galagos , also known as bush babies, or ''nagapies'' (meaning "night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae). They are ...

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Somali bushbaby The Somali bushbaby (''Galago gallarum''), or the Somali lesser galago, as it is also known, is a species of nocturnal, arboreal primate in the family Galagidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. It is threatened by habitat loss. Dis ...

(''Galago gallarum'') ***

Dusky bushbaby The dusky bushbaby (''Galago matschiei'') is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is also known as Matschie's galago, in honour of the German zoologist Paul Matschie, curator of mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Native ...

(''Galago matschiei'') ***

Mohol bushbaby The Mohol bushbaby (''Galago moholi'') is a species of primate in the family Galagidae which is native to mesic woodlands of the southern Afrotropics. It is physically very similar to the Senegal bushbaby, and was formerly considered to be its s ...

(''Galago moholi'') ***

Senegal bushbaby The Senegal bushbaby (''Galago senegalensis''), also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae. The name "bush baby" may come either from the a ...

(''Galago senegalensis'') ** Genus ''

Galagoides The western dwarf galagos are a group of three species of strepsirrhine primates, native to western and central Africa. They are classified in the genus ''Galagoides'' of the family Galagidae. The eastern dwarf galagos (''P. cocos, P. granti, P. ...

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Prince Demidoff's bushbaby Prince Demidoff's bushbaby (''Galagoides demidovii''), also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa. Description Prince Demidoff's bushbaby gro ...

(''Galagoides demidovii'') *** Angolan dwarf galago (''Galagoides kumbirensis'') *** Thomas's bushbaby (''Galagoides thomasi'') ** Genus ''

Paragalago The eastern dwarf galagos are a group of seven species of strepsirrhine primates of the family Galagidae, native to East Africa. They were formerly classified in the genus ''Galagoides'' but have been moved to their own genus, ''Paragalago'', ...

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Kenya coast galago The Kenya coast galago (''Paragalago cocos'') is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is found across Kenya and Tanzania, particularly around the northern coastal area of each of the countries, and has been located living from sea ...

(''Paragalago cocos'') ***

Grant's bushbaby Grant's bushbaby (''Paragalago granti''), also known as Grant's lesser bushbaby or the Mozambique lesser bushbaby, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is ...

(''Paragalago granti'') ***

Malawi bushbaby The Malawi bushbaby (''Paragalago nyasae'') is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It lives in southern Malawi and the neighboring region in Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ...

(''Paragalago nyasae'') ***

Uluguru bushbaby The Uluguru bushbaby (''Paragalago orinus''), also known as the mountain dwarf galago or the Amani dwarf galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. Like all galagos, it is a strepsirrhine primate. It is endemic to the Eastern Arc Mo ...

(''Paragalago orinus'') ***

Rondo dwarf galago The Rondo dwarf galago (''Paragalago rondoensis'') or Rondo bushbaby is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. The dwarf galagos are the smallest members of the genus Galagoides.Wild, Gabby, and Justine Gwegime. "Rondo Dwarf Galago." EDGE ...

(''Paragalago rondoensis'') *** Thomas's bushbaby (''Paragalago thomasi'') ***

Zanzibar bushbaby The Zanzibar bushbaby, Matundu dwarf galago, Udzungwa bushbaby, or Zanzibar galago (''Paragalago zanzibaricus'') is a primate of the family Galagidae. An adult typically weighs , its head-body length is and its tail is between long. Like other ...

(''Paragalago zanzibaricus'') *** Rungwe dwarf galago (''Paragalago'' sp. nov.) ** Genus ''

Otolemur The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are three species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus ''Otolemur'' in the family Galagidae. Historical classification and species discovery The diversity of galago species h ...

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Brown greater galago The brown greater galago (''Otolemur crassicaudatus''), also known as the large-eared greater galago or thick-tailed galago, is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos. As opposed to smaller galago species it would climb, walk o ...

(''Otolemur crassicaudatus'') ***

Northern greater galago The northern greater galago (''Otolemur garnettii''), also known as Garnett's greater galago, Garnett's galago, or the small-eared greater galago, is a nocturnal, arboreal primate endemic to Africa. Subspecies Four subspecies of ''Otolemur garne ...

(''Otolemur garnettii'') *** Silvery greater galago (''Otolemur monteiri'') ** Genus ''

Euoticus The needle-clawed bushbabies are the two species in the genus ''Euoticus'', which is in the family Galagidae. Galagidae is sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae (or Loridae). * Genus ''Euoticus'' ** Southern needle-clawed bush ...

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Southern needle-clawed bushbaby The southern needle-clawed bushbaby (''Euoticus elegantulus'') is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Galagidae. Found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, its n ...

(''Euoticus elegantulus'') ***

Northern needle-clawed bushbaby The northern needle-clawed bushbaby (''Euoticus pallidus'') is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Galagidae. It is found in the coastal region of Cameroon and Nigeria, and on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea in lower-elevation ...

(''Euoticus pallidus'') ** Genus ''

Sciurocheirus The squirrel galagos are a group of four species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus ''Sciurocheirus'' of the family Galagidae. Originally a single species was described, ''Galago alleni'', by Waterhouse (1838), and the ...

'' *** Bioko Allen's bushbaby (''Sciurocheirus alleni'') *** Cross River bushbaby (''Sciurocheirus cameronensis'') *** Gabon bushbaby (''Sciurocheirus gabonensis'') *** Makandé squirrel galago (''Sciurocheirus makandensis'')

Suborder
Haplorrhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines ( Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is ...

Infraorder
Tarsiiformes Tarsiiformes are a group of primates that once ranged across Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and North America, but whose extant species are all found in the islands of Southeast Asia. Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae) are the only living members o ...

Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers

* Genus '' Carlito'' **

Philippine tarsier The Philippine tarsier (''Carlito syrichta''), known locally as ''mawumag'' in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and ''magô'' in Waray, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archi ...

(''Carlito syrichta'') Tarsius Syrichta-GG

* Genus ''

Cephalopachus Horsfield's tarsier (''Cephalopachus bancanus''), also known as the western tarsier, is the only species of tarsier in the genus ''Cephalopachus''. Named for American naturalist Thomas Horsfield, it occurs on Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands a ...

'' ** Horsfield's tarsier (''Cephalopachus bancanus'') * Genus ''

Tarsius ''Tarsius'' is a genus of tarsiers, small primates native to islands of Southeast Asia. Until 2010, all tarsier species were typically assigned to this genus, but a revision of the family Tarsiidae restored the generic status of ''Cephalopach ...

'' ** Dian's tarsier (''Tarsius dentatus'') ** Makassar tarsier (''Tarsius fuscus'') ** Lariang tarsier (''Tarsius lariang'') **

Peleng tarsier The Peleng tarsier (''Tarsius pelengensis''), or the Peleng Island tarsier, is a nocturnal primate found on the island of Peleng, just east of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Description Tarsiers are small, agile primates, adapted for climbing, leaping and ...

(''Tarsius pelengensis'') ** Pygmy tarsier (''Tarsius pumilus'') ** Sangihe tarsier (''Tarsius sangirensis'') **

Spectral tarsier The spectral tarsier (''Tarsius spectrum'', also called ''Tarsius tarsier'') is a species of tarsier found on the island of Selayar in Indonesia. It is apparently less specialized than the Philippine tarsier or Horsfield's tarsier; for example, ...

(''Tarsius tarsier'') ** Siau Island tarsier (''Tarsius tumpara'') ** Wallace's tarsier (''Tarsius wallacei'') ** Gursky's spectral tarsier, (''Tarsius spectrumgurskyae'') ** Jatna's tarsier, (''Tarsius supriatnai'') **

Niemitz's tarsier Niemitz's tarsier (''Tarsius niemitzi'') is a species of tarsier. It was named in honor of the German evolutionary biologist Carsten Niemitz in 2019. The species is found on an archipelago off the coast of Sulawesi called the Togian Islands ...

(''Tarsius niemitzi'')

Infraorder
Simiiformes The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Cata ...

Parvorder Platyrrhini

199px, ''Callithrix jacchus'' Mico argentatus Sorocaba

Tufted capuchin on a branch in Singapore

* Family

Callitrichidae The Callitrichidae (also called Arctopitheci or Hapalidae) are a family of New World monkeys, including marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins. At times, this group of animals has been regarded as a subfamily, called the Callitrichinae, of the ...

: marmosets and tamarins ** Genus ''

Callithrix ''Callithrix'' is a genus of New World monkeys of the family Callitrichidae, the family containing marmosets and tamarins. The genus contains the Atlantic Forest marmosets. The name ''Callithrix'' is derived from the Greek words ''kallos'', m ...

'' *** Buffy-tufted marmoset (''Callithrix aurita'') ***

Buffy-headed marmoset The buffy-headed marmoset (''Callithrix flaviceps'') is a rare species of marmoset endemic to the rainforests of south-eastern Brazil. It occurs in southern Espírito Santo and possibly northern Rio de Janeiro and its distribution extends into Mi ...

(''Callithrix flaviceps'') ***

White-headed marmoset The white-headed marmoset (''Callithrix geoffroyi''), also known as the tufted-ear marmoset, Geoffroy's marmoset, or Geoffrey's marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to forests in eastern Brazil, where it is native to Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas ...

(''Callithrix geoffroyi'') ***

Common marmoset The common marmoset (''Callithrix jacchus'') also called white-tufted marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset is a New World monkey. It originally lived on the northeastern coast of Brazil, in the states of Piaui, Paraiba, Ceará, Rio Grande do ...

(''Callithrix jacchus'') ***

Wied's marmoset Wied's marmoset (''Callithrix kuhlii''), also known as Wied's black-tufted-ear marmoset, is a New World monkey that lives in tropical and subtropical forests of eastern Brazil. Unlike other marmosets, Wied's marmoset lives in groups consisting o ...

(''Callithrix kuhlii'') ***

Black-tufted marmoset The black-tufted marmoset (''Callithrix penicillata''), also known as Mico-estrela in Portuguese, is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neo-tropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia ...

(''Callithrix penicillata'') ** Genus ''

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Rio Acari marmoset Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

(''Mico acariensis'') ***

Silvery marmoset The silvery marmoset (''Mico argentatus'') is a New World monkey that lives in the eastern Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. The fur of the silvery marmoset is colored whitish silver-grey except for a dark tail. Remarkable are its naked, flesh-color ...

(''Mico argentatus'') *** Gold-and-white marmoset (''Mico chrysoleuca'') *** Emilia's marmoset (''Mico emiliae'') ***

Santarem marmoset The Santarem marmoset (''Mico humeralifer''), also known as the black and white tassel-ear marmoset, is a marmoset endemic to the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará. Description The Santarem marmoset is a small monkey, with a head-body leng ...

(''Mico humeralifera'' ***

Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset The Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset (''Mico humilis''), also known as the black-crowned dwarf marmoset, is a small New World monkey native to the Amazon Rainforest, on the east bank of the lower Madeira River, and the west bank of the Aripuanã Rive ...

(''Mico humilis'') *** Hershkovitz's marmoset (''Mico intermedia'') ***

White marmoset The white marmoset (''Mico leucippe''), or golden-white bare-ear marmoset, is a Vulnerable species, vulnerable species of marmoset, a small monkey endemic to the Amazon rainforest in Pará, Brazil. References

Mico (genus), white marmos ...

(''Mico leucippe'') *** Black-headed marmoset (''Mico nigriceps'') ***

Manicore marmoset The Marca's marmoset (''Mico marcai'') is a species of marmoset that is endemic to the Amazon, in the Aripuanã-Manicoré interfluvium in Brazil. Its body is light grey, with orange legs, a black tail, a pinkish face, and naked ears. It is about ...

(''Mico manicorensis'') *** Marca's marmoset (''Mico marcai'') *** Maués marmoset (''Mico mauesi'') *** Black-tailed marmoset (''Mico melanura'') *** Rondon's marmoset (''Mico rondoni'') *** Satéré marmoset (''Mico saterei'') *** Schneider's marmoset (''Mico schneideri'') ** Genus ''

Cebuella Pygmy marmosets are two species of small New World monkeys in the genus ''Cebuella''. They are native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. These primates are notable for being the smallest monkeys in the world, at just o ...

'' *** Eastern pygmy marmoset (''Cebuella niveiventris'') *** Western pygmy marmoset (''Cebuella pygmaea'') **Genus ''

Leontocebus The saddle-back tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus or subgenus ''Leontocebus''. They were split from the tamarin genus '' Saguinus'' based on genetic data and on the fact that saddle-back ...

'': saddle-back tamarins ***

Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin (''Leontocebus cruzlimai'') is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin ...

, (''Leontocebus cruzlimai'') *** Brown-mantled tamarin (''Leontocebus fuscicollis'') *** Lesson's saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus fuscus'') *** Illiger's saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus illigeri'') *** Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus lagonotus'') *** Andean saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus leucogenys'') *** Black-mantled tamarin (''Leontocebus nigricollis'') *** Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin, (''Leontocebus nigrifrons'') *** Golden-mantled tamarin (''Leontocebus tripartitus'') ***

Weddell's saddle-back tamarin Weddell's saddle-back tamarin (''Leontocebus weddelli'') is a species of saddle-back tamarin, a type of small monkey from South America. Weddell's saddle-back tamarin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-mantled tamarin, ''L. f ...

, (''Leontocebus weddelli'') ** Genus ''

Leontopithecus The four species of lion tamarins or maned marmosets make up the genus ''Leontopithecus''. They are small New World monkeys named for the mane surrounding their face, similar to the mane of a lion. Description Living in the eastern rainforests ...

'': lion tamarins *** Superagui lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus caissara'') ***

Golden-headed lion tamarin The golden-headed lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus chrysomelas''), also the golden-headed tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the lowland and premontane tropical forest fragments in the state of Bahia, and therefore i ...

(''Leontopithecus chrysomelas'') ***

Black lion tamarin The black lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus chrysopygus''), also known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, is a lion tamarin endemic to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park. Its limited geographical ...

(''Leontopithecus chrysopygus'') ***

Golden lion tamarin The golden lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus rosalia'', pt, mico-leão-dourado , ), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion t ...

(''Leontopithecus rosalia'') ** Genus ''

Saguinus The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus ''Saguinus''. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Goel ...

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Pied tamarin The pied tamarin (''Saguinus bicolor''), sometimes referred to as the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin, is a Critically Endangered primate species found in a restricted area of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. It was named the mascot of Manaus, Bra ...

(''Saguinus bicolor'') ***

Geoffroy's tamarin Geoffroy's tamarin (''Saguinus geoffroyi''), also known as the Panamanian, red-crested or rufous-naped tamarin, is a tamarin, a type of small monkey, found in Panama and Colombia. It is predominantly black and white, with a reddish nape. Diu ...

(''Saguinus geoffroyi'') ***

Emperor tamarin The emperor tamarin (''Saguinus imperator'') is a species of tamarin allegedly named for its resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II. It lives in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas and the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, ...

(''Saguinus imperator'') *** Mottle-faced tamarin (''Saguinus inustus'') *** White-lipped tamarin (''Saguinus labiatus'') ***

White-footed tamarin The white-footed tamarin (''Saguinus leucopus'') is a tamarin species endemic to Colombia. It is a silvery brown colour with pale streaks and russet underparts, and is very similar in appearance to the cotton-top tamarin, from which it is separa ...

(''Saguinus leucopus'') *** Martins's tamarin (''Saguinus martinsi'') ***

Red-handed tamarin The golden-handed tamarin (''Saguinus midas''), also known as the red-handed tamarin or Midas tamarin, is a New World monkey belonging to the family Callitrichidae. Distribution and habitat This species is native to wooded areas north of the Ama ...

(''Saguinus midas'') ***

Moustached tamarin The moustached tamarin (''Saguinus mystax'') is a New World monkey and a species of tamarin. The moustached tamarin is named for the lack of coloring in the facial hair surrounding their mouth, appearing similar to a moustache. As with all New Wo ...

(''Saguinus mystax'') ***

Black tamarin The black tamarin (''Saguinus niger'') or western black-handed tamarin, is a species of tamarin endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy Based on mitochondrial DNA analysis, black tamarins were found to be more closely related to populations on the same sid ...

(''Saguinus niger'') ***

Cotton-top tamarin The cotton-top tamarin (''Saguinus oedipus'') is a small New World monkey weighing less than . This New World monkey can live up to 24 years, but most of them die by 13 years. One of the smallest primates, the cotton-top tamarin is easily recogn ...

or Pinché tamarin (''Saguinus oedipus'') *** Red-capped tamarin (''Saguinus pileatus'') *** Eastern black-handed tamarin (''Saguinus ursulus'') ** Genus ''

Callimico The Goeldi's marmoset or Goeldi's monkey (''Callimico goeldii'') is a small, South American New World monkey that lives in the upper Amazon basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It is the only species classified in the genus ''C ...

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Goeldi's marmoset The Goeldi's marmoset or Goeldi's monkey (''Callimico goeldii'') is a small, South American New World monkey that lives in the upper Amazon basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It is the only species classified in the genus ''Call ...

(''Callimico goeldii'') * Family Cebidae: capuchins and squirrel monkeys ** Genus ''

Cebus Gracile capuchin monkeys are capuchin monkeys in the genus ''Cebus''. At one time all capuchin monkeys were included within the genus ''Cebus''. In 2011, Jessica Lynch Alfaro ''et al.'' proposed splitting the genus between the robust capuchin ...

'': gracile capuchins *** Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus aequatorialis'') ***

Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus albifrons'') is a species of gracile capuchin monkey. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and potentially the island of Trinidad. Taxonomy The species name ''Cebus albifrons'' was formerly co ...

(''Cebus albifrons'') *** Venezuelan brown capuchin (''Cebus brunneus'') ***

Colombian white-faced capuchin The Colombian white-faced capuchin (''Cebus capucinus''), also known as the Colombian white-headed capuchin or Colombian white-throated capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. It is native to the ext ...

(''Cebus capucinus'') ***

Chestnut capuchin The chestnut capuchin or chestnut weeper capuchin (''Cebus castaneus'') is a species of capuchin monkey from northeastern Brazil, southern Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Taxonomy It was described in 1851 as a subspecies of the wedge-ca ...

(''Cebus castaneus'') *** Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus cesare'') ***

Shock-headed capuchin The shock-headed capuchin (''Cebus cuscinus'') is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from Bolivia and Peru. It was previously classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (''C. albifrons''), but in 2013 Mittermeier an ...

(''Cebus cuscinus'') ***

Panamanian white-faced capuchin The Panamanian white-faced capuchin (''Cebus imitator''), also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. Native to the for ...

(''Cebus imitator'') ***

Ka'apor capuchin The Kaapori capuchin (''Cebus kaapori''), also known as the Ka'apor capuchin, is a species of frugivorous, gracile capuchin endemic to the Brazilian Amazon. Their geographical home range is relatively small and is within the most densely populat ...

(''Cebus kaapori'') *** Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus leucocephalus'') *** Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus malitiosus'') ***

Guianan weeper capuchin The wedge-capped capuchin or Guianan weeper capuchin (''Cebus olivaceus'') is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. ''Cebus olivaceus'' is known to dwell in tall, primary forest and travel ...

(''Cebus olivaceus'') ***

Spix's white-fronted capuchin Spix's white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus unicolor'') is a species of gracile capuchin monkey. It had previously been classified as a subspecies of the Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin (''C. albifrons''). Following genetic studies by Boubli, '' ...

(''Cebus unicolor'') *** Varied white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus versicolor'') ***

Marañón white-fronted capuchin The Marañón white-fronted capuchin (''Cebus yuracus'') also or known as Peruvian white-fronted capuchin or Andean white-fronted capuchin is a species of gracile capuchin monkey from the upper Amazon Basin. It had been regarded as synonymous ...

(''Cebus yuracus'') ** Genus ''

Sapajus Robust capuchin monkeys are capuchin monkeys in the genus ''Sapajus''. Formerly, all capuchin monkeys were placed in the genus ''Cebus''. ''Sapajus'' was erected in 2012 by Jessica Lynch Alfaro et al. to differentiate the robust (tufted) capuchin ...

'': robust (tufted) capuchins ***

Tufted capuchin The tufted capuchin (''Sapajus apella''), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey is a New World primate from South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita. As traditionally defined, it is one of th ...

(''Sapajus apella'') ***

Azaras's capuchin Azaras's capuchin or hooded capuchin (''Sapajus cay'') is a species of robust capuchin. It occurs in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Brazil, at Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso states, in Pantanal. Its habitat ...

(''Sapajus cay'') *** Blond capuchin (''Sapajus flavius'') ***

Black-striped capuchin The black-striped capuchin (''Sapajus libidinosus''), also known as the bearded capuchin, is a New World monkey in the family Cebidae. They can be found in northern and central Brazil. These capuchins mostly live in dry forests, and savannah lands ...

(''Sapajus libidinosus'') ***

Black capuchin The black capuchin (''Sapajus nigritus''), also known as the black-horned capuchin, is a capuchin monkey from the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina. Historically, it was included as a subspecies of the tuft ...

(''Sapajus nigritus'') ***

Crested capuchin The crested capuchin or robust tufted capuchin (''Sapajus robustus'') is a species of robust capuchin monkey. It is endemic to Brazil. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black capuchin but is now considered by some to be a separate sp ...

(''Sapajus robustus'') ***

Golden-bellied capuchin The golden-bellied capuchin (''Sapajus xanthosternos''), also known as the yellow-breasted or buff-headed capuchin, is a species of New World or neotropical monkey. It lives mainly in trees and are omnivorous, eating a wide variety of both plant ...

(''Sapajus xanthosternos'') ** Genus ''

Saimiri Squirrel monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus ''Saimiri''. ''Saimiri'' is the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae. The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (''sai-mirím'' or ''çai-mbirín'', with ''sai'' meaning 'monkey' and ''mirím'' ...

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Black-capped squirrel monkey The black-capped squirrel monkey (''Saimiri boliviensis'') is a species of New-World monkey native to the upper Amazon basin in Bolivia, western Brazil and eastern Peru. They weigh between 365 and 1135 grams and measure, from the head to the b ...

(''Saimiri boliviensis'') *** Humboldt's squirrel monkey (''Saimiri cassiquiarensis'') *** Collins' squirrel monkey (''Saimiri collinsi'') *** Central American squirrel monkey (''Saimiri oerstedii'') ***

Guianan squirrel monkey The Guianan squirrel monkey (''Saimiri sciureus'') is a species of squirrel monkey from Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil. ''S. sciureus'' formerly applied to Humboldt's squirrel monkey and Collins' squirrel monkey, but genetic research in 2009 and ...

(''Saimiri sciureus'') ***

Bare-eared squirrel monkey The bare-eared squirrel monkey (''Saimiri ustus'') is a squirrel monkey endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America ...

(''Saimiri ustus'') ***

Black squirrel monkey The black squirrel monkey (''Saimiri vanzolinii''), also known as the blackish squirrel monkey or black-headed squirrel monkey, is a small New World monkey, New World primate, endemic (ecology), endemic to the central Amazon Rainforest, Amazon in ...

(''Saimiri vanzolinii'') * Family Aotidae: night or owl monkeys or douroucoulis ** Genus '' Aotus'' *** Azara's night monkey (''Aotus azarae'') ***

Brumback's night monkey Brumback's night monkey (''Aotus brumbacki'') is a species of night monkey found in Colombia. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of gray-bellied night monkey The gray-bellied night monkey (''Aotus lemurinus''), also called the g ...

(''Aotus brumbacki'') *** Gray-handed night monkey (''Aotus griseimembra'') *** Hernández-Camacho's night monkey (''Aotus jorgehernandezi'') ***

Gray-bellied night monkey The gray-bellied night monkey (''Aotus lemurinus''), also called the grey-legged douroucouliPeruvian night monkey (''Aotus miconax'') ***

Nancy Ma's night monkey Nancy Ma's night monkey (''Aotus nancymaae'') is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Peru. It is known in medical research as a model organism A model organism (often shortened to model) is a non-human spec ...

(''Aotus nancymae'') ***

Black-headed night monkey The black-headed night monkey (''Aotus nigriceps'') is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. The ''A. nigriceps'' in Peru were notably inhabiting areas that were degraded, and often these areas were ...

(''Aotus nigriceps'') *** Three-striped night monkey (''Aotus trivirgatus'') ***

Spix's night monkey Spix's night monkey (''Aotus vociferans''), also known as the Colombian gray night monkey, noisy night monkey and Spix's owl monkey, is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The Spix's nigh ...

(''Aotus vociferans'') *** Panamanian night monkey (''Aotus zonalis'') * Family

Pitheciidae The Pitheciidae () are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. Formerly, they were included in the family Atelidae. The family includes the titis, saki monkeys and uakaris. Most species are native to the Amazon region ...

: titis, sakis and uakaris ** Subfamily

Callicebinae The titis, or titi monkeys, are New World monkeys of the subfamily Callicebinae, which contains three extant genera: ''Cheracebus'', ''Callicebus'', and ''Plecturocebus.'' This subfamily also contains the extinct genera '' Miocallicebus, Homuncu ...

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Plecturocebus ''Plecturocebus'' is one of three genera of titi monkeys. Historically, these monkeys were monogeneric, being placed in a single genus: ''Callicebus'' Thomas, 1903. Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-leve ...

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White-eared titi The white-eared titi monkey (''Plecturocebus donacophilus'') also known as the Bolivian titi or Bolivian gray titi, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from eastern Bolivia and an area of western Brazil. The species has a r ...

, ''Plecturocebus donacophilus'' **** Rio Beni titi, ''Plecturocebus modestus'' **** Rio Mayo titi, ''Plecturocebus oenanthe'' **** Ollala brothers's titi, ''Plecturocebus olallae'' **** White-coated titi, ''Plecturocebus pallescens'' **** Urubamba brown titi, ''Plecturocebus urubambensis'' ****

Baptista Lake titi The Baptista Lake titi monkey (''Plecturocebus baptista'') is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, Endemic (ecology), endemic to Brazil. It was originally described as ''Callicebus baptista'' in 1939. References

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Prince Bernhard's titi Prince Bernhard's titi monkey (''Plecturocebus bernhardi''), also called the zog-zog monkey, is a species of titi monkey in the genus ''Plecturocebus'', first described in 2002. It is named after Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. They have var ...

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Brown titi The brown titi monkey (''Plecturocebus brunneus'') is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. It was originally described as ''Callicebus brunneus'' in 1842 and transferred to the newly e ...

, ''Plecturocebus brunneus'' ****

Ashy black titi The ashy black titi monkey (''Plecturocebus cinerascens'') is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest count ...

, ''Plecturocebus cinerascens'' **** Parecis titi, ''Plecturocebus parecis'' **** Hoffmanns's titi, ''Plecturocebus hoffmannsi'' **** Alta Floresta titi, ''Plecturocebus grovesi'' **** Milton's titi, ''Plecturocebus miltoni'' ****

Red-bellied titi The red-bellied titi monkey or dusky titi (''Plecturocebus moloch'') is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It lives in forests and thickets. It has a rounded head and a thick, soft coat and frequently adopts ...

, ''Plecturocebus moloch'' **** Vieira's titi, ''Plecturocebus vieirai'' ****

Toppin's titi Toppin's titi monkey (''Plecturocebus toppini'') is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Taxonomy It was described in 1914 by Oldfield Thomas but was afterwards considered conspecific with the c ...

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Madidi titi The Madidi titi monkey, also known as the GoldenPalace.com monkey or the golden palace monkey, is a titi, a kind of New World monkey, discovered in western Bolivia's Madidi National Park in 2004. Its scientific name is ''Plecturocebus aureipala ...

, ''Plecturocebus aureipalatii'' **** Chestnut-bellied titi, ''Plecturocebus caligatus'' **** Caquetá titi, ''Plecturocebus caquetensis'' ****

Coppery titi The coppery titi monkey (''Plecturocebus cupreus''), or red titi monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. They are found in the Amazon of Brazil and Peru, and perhaps northern Bolivia. It was described ...

, ''Plecturocebus cupreus'' **** White-tailed titi, ''Plecturocebus discolor'' **** Hershkovitz's titi, ''Plecturocebus dubius'' ****

Ornate titi The ornate titi monkey (''Plecturocebus ornatus'') is a species of titi monkey and is the smallest member of the family Pitheciidae, which also includes uakaris and saki monkeys. As it is a member of this family, it is classified as a type of N ...

, ''Plecturocebus ornatus'' **** Stephen Nash's titi, ''Plecturocebus stephennashi'' *** Genus ''

Cheracebus ''Cheracebus'' is one of three genera of titi monkeys. Monkeys in this genus, particularly the type species '' Cheracebus lugens'', are sometimes referred to as widow titi monkeys. Historically, titis were monogeneric, comprising only the genus ...

'' **** Lucifer titi, ''Cheracebus lucifer'' **** Black titi, ''Cheracebus lugens'' ****

Colombian black-handed titi The Colombian black-handed titi monkey (''Cheracebus medemi'') is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Colombia. It was originally described in the genus '' Callicebus'' in 1963. Description Colombian black-handed titis s ...

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Red-headed titi The red-headed titi monkey (''Cheracebus regulus'') is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. It was originally described as ''Callicebus regulus'' in 1927. References

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Collared titi The collared titi monkey (''Cheracebus torquatus'') is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to northern Brazil. Taxonomy At the end of the 1980s the genus ''Callicebus'' was revised from the Hershkovitz concept of three ...

, ''Cheracebus torquatus'' *** Genus ''

Callicebus ''Callicebus'' is a genus of monkeys known as titi monkeys. Historically, titis were monogeneric, comprising only the genus ''Callicebus'' Thomas, 1903. Owing to the great diversity found across titi monkey species, a new genus-level taxonomy w ...

'' **** Barbara Brown's titi, ''Callicebus barbarabrownae'' **** Coimbra Filho's titi, ''Callicebus coimbrai'' **** Coastal black-handed titi, ''Callicebus melanochir'' ****

Black-fronted titi The black-fronted titi monkey (''Callicebus nigrifrons'') is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey. The black-fronted titi is a small diurnal primate. The body of this primate is covered in grey to brown fur with black fur concentrated ...

, ''Callicebus nigrifrons'' ****

Atlantic titi The Atlantic titi monkey or masked titi (''Callicebus personatus'') is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. Distribution and general features The Atlantic titi is part of the genus ''Callicebus'' which is composed of ...

, ''Callicebus personatus'' ** Subfamily Pitheciinae *** Genus '' Pithecia'' **** Equatorial saki, ''Pithecia aequatorialis'' ****

White-footed saki The white-footed saki, buffy saki or white saki (''Pithecia albicans'') is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to western Brazil south of the Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors ...

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Cazuza's saki Cazuza's saki (''Pithecia cazuzai'') is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to northwestern Brazil. Taxonomy Populations in this species were formerly classified within the Rio Tapajós saki (''P. irrorata''), b ...

, ''Pithecia cazuzai'' ****

Golden-faced saki The golden-faced saki (''Pithecia chrysocephala'') is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in Brazil north of the Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Ama ...

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Hairy saki The hairy saki (''Pithecia hirsuta'') is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in northern Peru, southern Colombia, and a small portion of northwestern Brazil. Taxonomy It was described in 1823 by Johann Baptist von ...

, ''Pithecia hirsuta'' **** Burnished saki, ''Pithecia inusta'' **** Rio Tapajós saki, ''Pithecia irrorata'' **** Isabel's saki, ''Pithecia isabela'' ****

Monk saki The monk saki (''Pithecia monachus'') also known as Geoffroy's monk saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in forested areas of northwestern Brazil and northeastern Peru. Taxonomy The ha ...

, ''Pithecia monachus'' ****

Miller's saki Miller's saki (''Pithecia milleri''), also known as Miller's monk saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. Its range includes parts of southwestern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, and perhaps adjacent areas in Peru. This spe ...

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Mittermeier's Tapajós saki Mittermeier's Tapajós saki (''Pithecia mittermeieri'') is a disputed species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to west-central Brazil. Taxonomy Populations in this species were formerly classified within the Rio Tapaj� ...

, ''Pithecia mittermeieri'' **** Napo saki, ''Pithecia napensis'' **** Pissinatti’s saki, ''Pithecia pissinattii'' ****

White-faced saki The white-faced saki (''Pithecia pithecia''), called the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of the New World saki monkey. They can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. This species lives in the und ...

, ''Pithecia pithecia'' **** Rylands' bald-faced saki, ''Pithecia rylandsi'' **** Vanzolini's bald-faced saki, ''Pithecia vanzolinii'' *** Genus ''

Chiropotes The bearded sakis, or cuxiús are five or six species of New World monkeys, classified in the genus ''Chiropotes''. They live in the eastern and central Amazon in South America, ranging through southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana ...

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White-nosed saki The white-nosed saki (''Chiropotes albinasus'') is a species of bearded saki, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Both its scientific and common name were caused by the authors working from dead ...

(''Chiropotes albinasus'') **** Red-backed bearded saki (''Chiropotes chiropotes'') **** Brown-backed bearded saki (''Chiropotes israelita'') **** Black bearded saki (''Chiropotes satanas'') **** Uta Hick's bearded saki (''Chiropotes utahickae'') *** Genus '' Cacajao'' ****

Aracá uakari The Aracá uakari (''Cacajao ayresi''), also known as the Ayres black uakari, is a newly described species of monkey from the northwest Brazilian Amazon. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland after following native ...

(''Cacajao ayresii'') ****

Bald uakari The bald uakari (''Cacajao calvus'') or bald-headed uakari is a small New World monkey characterized by a very short tail; bright, crimson face; a bald head; and long coat. The bald uakari is restricted to várzea forests and other wooded habitat ...

(''Cacajao calvus'') ****

Neblina uakari The Neblina uakari (''Cacajao hosomi'') or black-headed uakari, is a newly described species of monkey from the far northwest Brazilian Amazon and adjacent southern Venezuela. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland ...

(''Cacajao hosomi'') **** Golden-backed uakari (''Cacajao melanocephalus'') * Family

Atelidae The Atelidae are one of the five family (biology), families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler monkey, howler, spider monkey, ...

: howler, spider and woolly monkeys ** Subfamily

Alouattinae Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Atele ...

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Alouatta Howler monkeys (genus ''Alouatta'', monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (''Brachyteles''), the spider monkeys (''Atele ...

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Ursine howler The ursine howler (''Alouatta arctoidea'') is a species of howler monkey native to Venezuela and possibly Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North Ameri ...

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Red-handed howler The red-handed howler (''Alouatta belzebul'') is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and ...

(''Alouatta belzebul'') ****

Black howler The black howler (''Alouatta caraya'') or black-and-gold howler, is among the largest New World monkeys and a member of the '' Alouatta'' genus. The black howler is distributed in areas of South America such as Paraguay, southern Brazil, easte ...

(''Alouatta caraya'') ****

Coiba Island howler The Coiba Island howler (''Alouatta coibensis'') is a type of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Panama. Although the Coiba Island howler has been recognized as a separate species by a number of authorities since a 1987 study o ...

(''Alouatta coibensis'') ****

Spix's red-handed howler Spix's red-handed howler (''Alouatta discolor'') is a species of Howler monkey native to the southeastern Amazon in Brazil. It is threatened by deforestation and hunting. Taxonomy The species was previously considered a subspecies of the red-h ...

(''Alouatta discolor'') **** Brown howler (''Alouatta guariba'') ****

Juruá red howler The Juruá red howler (''Alouatta juara'') is a species of howler monkey, native to Peru and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and La ...

(''Alouatta juara'') ****

Guyanan red howler The Guyanan red howler (''Alouatta macconnelli'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, native to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, French Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republ ...

(''Alouatta macconnelli'') ****

Amazon black howler The Amazon black howler (''Alouatta nigerrima'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon in Brazil. Until 2001, most authorities included it as a subspecies (or simply a taxonomically ins ...

(''Alouatta nigerrima'') ****

Mantled howler The mantled howler (''Alouatta palliata'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantle ...

(''Alouatta palliata'') ****

Guatemalan black howler Guatemalan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guatemala * A person from Guatemala, or of Guatemalan descent. For information about the Guatemalan people, see Demographics of Guatemala and Culture of Guatemala. For spec ...

(''Alouatta pigra'') **** Purus red howler (''Alouatta puruensis'') **** Bolivian red howler (''Alouatta sara'') ****

Venezuelan red howler The Colombian red howler or Venezuelan red howler (''Alouatta seniculus'') is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The populat ...

(''Alouatta seniculus'') ****

Maranhão red-handed howler The Maranhão red-handed howler (''Alouatta ululata'') is an endangered species of howler monkey endemic to forests (for example Babaçu forests) in the northeastern Brazilian states of Ceará, Maranhão and Piauí. It was previously thought to ...

(''Alouatta ululata'') ** Subfamily

Atelinae The Atelinae are a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tails, which can support their entire body w ...

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Ateles Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The ...

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White-bellied spider monkey The white-bellied spider monkey (''Ateles belzebuth''), also known as the white-fronted or long-haired spider monkey, is an endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in the north-western Amazon in Colombia, Ecu ...

(''Ateles belzebuth'') **** Peruvian spider monkey (''Ateles chamek'') **** Black-headed spider monkey (''Ateles fusciceps'') **** Geoffroy's spider monkey (''Ateles geoffroyi'') ****

Brown spider monkey The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (''Ateles hybridus'') is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. Like all spider monkeys, it ...

(''Ateles hybridus'') **** White-cheeked spider monkey (''Ateles marginatus'') **** Red-faced spider monkey (''Ateles paniscus'') *** Genus '' Brachyteles'' ****

Southern muriqui The southern muriqui (''Brachyteles arachnoides'') is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy Taxonomy of muriquis is controversial because some scientists believe that they are a monotypic genus while others favo ...

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Northern muriqui The northern muriqui (''Brachyteles hypoxanthus)'' is one of two species of muriqui. They are also known as woolly spider monkey because they exhibit the woollen pelt of woolly monkeys and the long prehensile tail of spider monkeys. Muriquis a ...

(''Brachyteles hypoxanthus'') *** Genus ''

Lagothrix The woolly monkeys are the genus ''Lagothrix'' of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. Both species in this genus originate from the rainforests of South America. They have prehensile tails and live in relatively large soc ...

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Yellow-tailed woolly monkey The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (''Lagothrix flavicauda'') is a New World monkey endemic to Peru. It is a rare primate species found only in the Peruvian Andes, in the departments of Amazonas and San Martin, as well as bordering areas of La L ...

(''Lagothrix flavicauda'')

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Catarrhini The parvorder Catarrhini , catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys, consisting of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old ...

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Cercopithecoidea Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...

** Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys *** Subfamily

Cercopithecinae The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, which comprises roughly 71 species, including the baboons, the macaques, and the vervet monkeys. Most cercopithecine monkeys are limited to sub-Saharan Africa, although the macaques ...

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Cercopithecini Cercopithecini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several monkey species, including the vervet monkeys, talapoins, Allen's swamp monkeys and the guenons, all in Africa. Classification * Family Cercopithecidae ** Subfamily Cercopit ...

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Allen's swamp monkey The Allen's swamp monkey (''Allenopithecus nigroviridis'') is a species of Old World monkey and the only member of the genus ''Allenopithecus''. Phylogenetically, it is a sister clade to the guenons, but differs in dentition and habits. Allen's ...

(''Allenopithecus nigroviridis'') ***** Genus '' Miopithecus'' ****** Gabon talapoin (''Miopithecus ogouensis'') ****** Angolan talapoin (''Miopithecus talapoin'') ***** Genus '' Erythrocebus'' ****** Southern patas monkey (''Erythrocebus baumstarki'') ****** Common patas monkey (''Erythrocebus patas'') ****** Blue Nile patas monkey (''Erythrocebus poliocephalus'') ***** Genus '' Chlorocebus'' ******

Grivet The grivet (''Chlorocebus aethiops'') is an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of its face. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus ''Chlorocebus'' to be a single species, ''Cercopithecus ae ...

(''Chlorocebus aethiops'') ****** Malbrouck (''Chlorocebus cynosuros'') ******

Bale Mountains vervet The Bale Mountains vervet (''Chlorocebus djamdjamensis'') is a terrestrial Old World monkey endemic to Ethiopia, found in the bamboo forests of the Bale Mountains. All species in ''Chlorocebus'' were formerly in the genus ''Cercopithecus''. The B ...

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Dryas monkey The Dryas monkey (''Chlorocebus dryas''), also known as Salonga monkey, ''ekele'', or ''inoko'', is a little-known species of Old World monkey found only in the Congo Basin, restricted to the left bank of the Congo River. It is now established t ...

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Green monkey The green monkey (''Chlorocebus sabaeus''), also known as the sabaeus monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet. The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers. It does n ...

(''Chlorocebus sabaeus'') ******

Tantalus monkey The tantalus monkey (''Chlorocebus tantalus'') is an Old World monkey from Africa that ranges from Ghana to Sudan. It was originally described as a subspecies of the grivet (''Chlorocebus aethiops''). All species in ''Chlorocebus'' were formerly ...

(''Chlorocebus tantalus'') ******

Vervet monkey The vervet monkey (''Chlorocebus pygerythrus''), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus ''Chlorocebus''. The five distinct ...

(''Chlorocebus pygerythrus'') ***** Genus ''

Allochrocebus ''Allochrocebus'' is a primate genus including the terrestrial guenons: the L'Hoest's monkey, the Preuss's monkey, and the sun-tailed monkey. Taxonomy & systematics Formerly included in genus ''Cercopithecus'', the three species of terrestrial g ...

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L'Hoest's monkey L'Hoest's monkey (''Allochrocebus lhoesti'') or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups. They have a dark coat and can be distinguishe ...

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Preuss's monkey The Preuss's monkey (''Allochrocebus preussi''), also known as Preuss's guenon, is a diurnal primate that lives terrestrially in mountainous (up to 2500 m) forests of eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. It was form ...

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Sun-tailed monkey The sun-tailed monkey (''Allochrocebus solatus'') from Gabon is one of the least studied primates in its habitat. It was discovered as a new species in 1988, and is classified as a guenon, which is a member of the genus ''Cercopithecus'', but was ...

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Cercopithecus The guenons (, ) are Old World monkeys of the genus ''Cercopithecus'' (). Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names; also, because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other genera may have ...

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Sykes' monkey Sykes' monkey (''Cercopithecus albogularis''), also known as the white-throated monkey or Samango monkey, is an Old World monkey found between Ethiopia and South Africa, including south and east Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after Eng ...

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Red-tailed monkey The red-tailed monkey (''Cercopithecus ascanius''), also known as the black-cheeked white-nosed monkey, red-tailed guenon, redtail monkey, or Schmidt's guenon, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroo ...

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Campbell's mona monkey Campbell's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus campbelli''), also known as Campbell's guenon and Campbell's monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae found in the Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, a ...

(''Cercopithecus campbelli'') ****** Moustached guenon (''Cercopithecus cephus'') ****** Dent's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus denti'') ****** Diana monkey (''Cercopithecus diana'') ******

Silver monkey The silver monkey (''Cercopithecus doggetti'') is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The silver monkey was previously consi ...

(''Cercopithecus doggetti'') ****** White-throated guenon (''Cercopithecus erythrogaster'') ******

Red-eared guenon The red-eared guenon (''Cercopithecus erythrotis''), also called red-eared monkey, or russet-eared guenon is a primate species in the family Cercopithecidae. It is native to subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests in Cameroon, Equatorial ...

(''Cercopithecus erythrotis'') ****** Hamlyn's monkey or owl-faced monkey (''Cercopithecus hamlyni'') ******

Golden monkey The golden monkey (''Cercopithecus kandti'') is a species of Old World monkey found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Vi ...

(''Cercopithecus kandti'') ****** Lesula (''Cercopithecus lomamiensis'') ******

Lowe's mona monkey Lowe's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus lowei'') is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae found from the Ivory Coast to Ghana. It was previously classified as a subspecies of Campbell's mona monkey ''C. campbelli''. References Lowe' ...

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Blue monkey The blue monkey or diademed monkey (''Cercopithecus mitis'') is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and Zambia. It ...

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Mona monkey The mona monkey (''Cercopithecus mona'') is an Old World monkey that lives in western Africa between Ghana and Cameroon. The mona monkey can also be found on the island of Grenada as it was transported to the island aboard slave ships headed to ...

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De Brazza's monkey De Brazza's monkey (''Cercopithecus neglectus'') is an Old World monkey endemic to the riverine and swamp forests of central Africa. The largest species in the guenon family, it is one of the most widespread arboreal African primates. Aside from ...

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Greater spot-nosed monkey The greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey (''Cercopithecus nictitans'') is one of the smallest Old World monkeys. It is a guenon of the '' C. mitis'' group, native to West Africa and living to some extent in rain forests, but more often ...

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Lesser spot-nosed monkey The lesser spot-nosed monkey (''Cercopithecus petaurista''), also known as the lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, G ...

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Crested mona monkey The crested mona monkey, also known as the crowned guenon, crowned monkey, golden-bellied guenon, or golden-bellied monkey, (''Cercopithecus pogonias''), is a species of African primate in the family Cercopithecidae found in west central Africa. ...

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Roloway monkey The Roloway monkey (''Cercopithecus roloway'') is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to tropical West Africa. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Diana monkey (''C. diana''). The species is classified as Critically End ...

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Sclater's guenon Sclater's guenon (''Cercopithecus sclateri''), also known as Sclater's monkey and the Nigerian monkey, is an Old World monkey that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1904 and named after Philip Sclater. It is an arboreal and diurnal ...

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Wolf's mona monkey Wolf's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus wolfi''), also called Wolf's guenon, is a colourful Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in central Africa, primarily between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It lives in ...

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Papionini Papionini is a tribe of Old World monkeys that includes several large monkey species, which include the macaques of North Africa and Asia, as well as the baboons, geladas, mangabeys, kipunji, drills, and mandrills, which are essentially from sub- ...

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Assam macaque The Assam macaque (''Macaca assamensis'') or Assamese macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as it is experiencing significan ...

(''Macaca assamensis'') ****** Formosan rock macaque (''Macaca cyclopis'') ******

Japanese macaque The Japanese macaque (''Macaca fuscata''), also known as the snow monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species that is native to Japan. Colloquially, they are referred to as "snow monkeys" because some live in areas where snow covers the gr ...

(''Macaca fuscata'') ****** Crab-eating macaque (''Macaca fascicularis'') ****** Heck's macaque (''Macaca hecki'') ****** Northern pig-tailed macaque (''Macaca leonina'') ****** White-cheeked macaque (''Macaca leucogenys'') ****** Moor macaque (''Macaca maura'') ******

Rhesus macaque The rhesus macaque (''Macaca mulatta''), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally ...

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Arunachal macaque The Arunachal macaque (''Macaca munzala'') is a macaque native to Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan, China and India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It was scientifically described in 2005. It is a relatively large brown pr ...

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Southern pig-tailed macaque The southern pig-tailed macaque (''Macaca nemestrina''), also known as the Sundaland pig-tailed macaque and Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque that lives in southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is known locally as ber ...

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Celebes crested macaque The Celebes crested macaque (''Macaca nigra''), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the Tangkoko reserve in the northeastern tip of the Indonesian island of Su ...

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Gorontalo macaque The Gorontalo macaque or Dumoga-bone macaque (''Macaca nigrescens'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country ...

(''Macaca nigrescens'') ****** Booted macaque (''Macaca ochreata'') ******

Pagai Island macaque The Pagai Island macaque (''Macaca pagensis''), also known as the Pagai macaque or ''Bokkoi'', is an Old World monkey endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List due t ...

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Bonnet macaque The bonnet macaque (''Macaca radiata''), also known as zati,Chambers English Dictionary is a species of macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers, along wit ...

(''Macaca radiata'') ****** Siberut macaque (''Macaca siberu'') ****** Lion-tailed macaque (''Macaca silenus'') ******

Toque macaque The toque macaque (; ''Macaca sinica'') is a reddish-brown-coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known as the ''rilewa'' or ''rilawa'' ( Sinhala: රිළවා), (hence "rillow" in the ''Oxford English Dictionary''). Its n ...

(''Macaca sinica'') ****** Barbary macaque (''Macaca sylvanus'') ******

Tibetan macaque The Tibetan macaque (''Macaca thibetana''), also known as the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China. It has also been reported from ...

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Tonkean macaque The Tonkean black macaque or Tonkean macaque (''Macaca tonkeana'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twe ...

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Lophocebus The crested mangabeys are West African Old World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Lophocebus''. They tend to have dark skin, eyelids that match their facial skin, and crests of hair on their heads. Another genus of mangabeys, ''Cercocebus'', was ...

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Black crested mangabey The black crested mangabey (''Lophocebus aterrimus'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is only found in Democratic Republic of the Congo with a small habitat extending to Angola. Its natural habitat is subtropical or trop ...

(''Lophocebus aterrimus'') ****** Johnston's mangabey (''Lophocebus johnstoni'') ****** Opdenbosch's mangabey (''Lophocebus opdenboschi'') ****** Osman Hill's mangabey (''Lophocebus osmani'') ****** Uganda mangabey (''Lophocebus ugandae'') ***** Genus ''

Rungwecebus The kipunji (''Rungwecebus kipunji''), also known as the highland mangabey, is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. The kipunji has a unique call, described as a 'honk-bark', which distinguishes it from i ...

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Kipunji The kipunji (''Rungwecebus kipunji''), also known as the highland mangabey, is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. The kipunji has a unique call, described as a 'honk-bark', which distinguishes it from it ...

(''Rungwecebus kipunji'') ***** Genus '' Papio'' ******

Olive baboon The olive baboon (''Papio anubis''), also called the Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys. The species is the most wide-ranging of all baboons, being native to 25 countries throughout Africa, extending fr ...

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Yellow baboon The yellow baboon (''Papio cynocephalus'') is a baboon in the family of Old World monkeys. The species epithet means "dog-head" in Greek, due to the dog-like shape of the muzzle and head. Yellow baboons have slim bodies with long arms and legs, a ...

(''Papio cynocephalus'') ****** Hamadryas baboon (''Papio hamadryas'') ******

Guinea baboon The Guinea baboon (''Papio papio'') is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus '' Papio'', this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other ''Papio'' specie ...

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Chacma baboon The chacma baboon (''Papio ursinus''), also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. It is one of the largest of all monkeys. Located primarily in southern Africa, the chacma baboon has a wide vari ...

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Kinda baboon The Kinda baboon (''Papio kindae'') is a species of baboon present in the miombo woodlands of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania. It was once considered a subspecies of the yellow baboon (''P. cyno ...

(''Papio kindae'') ***** Genus '' Theropithecus'' ******

Gelada The gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'', am, ጭላዳ, translit=č̣əlada), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of above se ...

(''Theropithecus gelada'') ***** Genus '' Cercocebus'' ******

Agile mangabey The agile mangabey (''Cercocebus agilis'') is an Old World monkey of the white-eyelid mangabey group found in swampy forests of Central Africa in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and DR Congo. Unti ...

(''Cercocebus agilis'') ****** Sooty mangabey (''Cercocebus atys'') ******

Golden-bellied mangabey The golden-bellied mangabey (''Cercocebus chrysogaster'') is a social Old World monkey found in swampy, humid forests south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was previously considered a subspecies of the agile manga ...

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Tana River mangabey The Tana River mangabey (''Cercocebus galeritus'') is a highly endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Some authorities have included the taxa ''agilis'' and '' sanjei'' as subspecies of this species, while others award the ...

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Sanje mangabey The Sanje mangabey (''Cercocebus sanjei'') is a highly endangered Old World monkey of the white-eyelid mangabey group from the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. They are about in length, excluding the tail, and their body colour is greyish. Fru ...

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Collared mangabey The collared mangabey (''Cercocebus torquatus''), also called red-capped mangabey and white-collared mangabey is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae of Old World monkeys. It formerly included the sooty mangabey as a subspecies. ...

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Mandrillus ''Mandrillus'' is a genus of large Old World monkeys distributed throughout central and southern Africa, consisting of two species: ''M. sphinx'' and ''M. leucophaeus'', the mandrill and drill, respectively. ''Mandrillus'', originally placed und ...

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Colobinae The Colobinae or leaf-eating monkeys are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs. Some classifications s ...

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Colobus Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus ''Colobus'', native to Africa. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus '' Piliocolobus''. There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subs ...

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Angola colobus The Angola colobus (''Colobus angolensis''), Angolan black-and-white colobus, or Angolan colobus is a primate species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus ''Colobus''. Taxonomy There are six recognized subspecies and one undescribed sub ...

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Mantled guereza The mantled guereza (''Colobus guereza''), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus, is a black-and-white colobus, a type of Old World monkey. It is native to much of west ...

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King colobus The king colobus (''Colobus polykomos''), also known as the western black-and-white colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rainforests in a region stretching from Senegal, through Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Le ...

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Black colobus The black colobus (''Colobus satanas''), or satanic black colobus, is a species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus ''Colobus''. The species is found in a small area of western central Africa. Black colobuses are large, completely covered ...

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Ursine colobus The ursine colobus (''Colobus vellerosus''), also known as the white-thighed colobus, Geoffroy's black-and-white colobus, or the white-thighed black-and-white colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Description The ursine ...

(''Colobus vellerosus'') **** Genus '' Piliocolobus'' ***** Western red colobus (''Piliocolobus badius'') ***** Bouvier's red colobus (''Piliocolobus bouiveri'') *****

Niger Delta red colobus The Niger Delta red colobus (''Piliocolobus epieni'') is a critically endangered species of colobus monkey endemic to the western part of the Niger Delta. It is threatened by hunting and habitat loss. Taxonomy From the time it first became kno ...

(''Piliocolobus epieni'') ***** Foa's red colobus (''Piliocolobus foai'') ***** Udzungwa red colobus (''Piliocolobus gordonorum'') *****

Zanzibar red colobus The Zanzibar red colobus (''Piliocolobus kirkii'') is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania. It is also known as Kirk's red colobus after Sir John Kirk, the Bri ...

(''Piliocolobus kirkii'') ***** Lang's red colobus (''Piliocolobus langi'') ***** Ulindi River red colobus (''Piliocolobus lulindicus'') ***** Oustalet's red colobus (''Piliocolobus oustaleti'') *****

Lomami red colobus The Lomami red colobus (''Piliocolobus parmentieri'') is a type of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically it had been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus, (''P. foai'') but more recent taxonomies generally tr ...

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Pennant's colobus Pennant's colobus or Pennant's red colobus (''Piliocolobus pennantii'') is a species of tree-dwelling primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to tropical Central Africa. Three subspecies have traditionally been recognised but its dis ...

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Preuss's red colobus Preuss's red colobus (''Piliocolobus preussi'') is a red colobus primate species endemic to the Cross-Sanaga Rivers ecoregion. An important population occurs in Korup National Park, Southwest Province, Cameroon, but the species' distribution is ...

(''Piliocolobus preussi'') ***** Tana River red colobus (''Piliocolobus rufomitratus'') *****

Semliki red colobus The Semliki red colobus (''Piliocolobus semlikiensis'') is a type of red colobus monkey from central Africa. Historically it has been treated as a subspecies of the Central African red colobus (''P. foai'') but more recent taxonomies generally t ...

(''Piliocolobus semlikiensis'') ***** Ugandan red colobus (''Piliocolobus tephrosceles'') ***** Tshuapa red colobus (''Piliocolobus tholloni'') ***** Miss Waldron's red colobus (''Piliocolobus waldronae'') **** Genus '' Procolobus'' *****

Olive colobus The olive colobus monkey (''Procolobus verus''), also known as the green colobus or Van Beneden's colobus, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Its English name refers to its dull olive upperparts. It is the smallest example ...

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Semnopithecus Gray langurs, also called Hanuman langurs and Hanuman monkeys, are Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the genus ''Semnopithecus''. Traditionally only one species ''Semnopithecus entellus'' was recognized, but since a ...

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Kashmir gray langur The Kashmir gray langur (''Semnopithecus ajax'') is an Old World monkey, one of the langur species. It is a leaf-eating monkey. It has been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in northwestern India but evidence indicates it only ...

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Northern plains gray langur The northern plains gray langur (''Semnopithecus entellus''), also known as the sacred langur, Bengal sacred langur and Hanuman langur, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Taxonomy The northern plains gray langur belongs to th ...

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Nilgiri langur The Nilgiri langur (''Semnopithecus johnii'') is a langur (a type of Old World monkey) . This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long-tailed like the gray langurs. Females have ...

(''Semnopithecus johnii'') ***** Tarai gray langur (''Semnopithecus hector'') ***** Black-footed gray langur (''Semnopithecus hypoleucos'') *****

Tufted gray langur The tufted gray langur (''Semnopithecus priam''), also known as Madras gray langur, and Coromandel sacred langur, is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is mainly a leaf-eating monkey. It is found ...

(''Semnopithecus priam'') ***** Nepal gray langur (''Semnopithecus schistaceus'') *****

Purple-faced langur The purple-faced langur (''Semnopithecus vetulus''), also known as the purple-faced leaf monkey, is a species of Old World monkey that is endemic to Sri Lanka. The animal is a long-tailed arboreal species, identified by a mostly brown appearance ...

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Trachypithecus The lutungs, langurs, or leaf monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys in the genus ''Trachypithecus'' (derived from Greek , meaning "rough" and , meaning "monkey"). Their range is much of Southeast Asia (northeast India, Vietnam, southern Chin ...

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East Javan langur The East Javan langur (''Trachypithecus auratus''), also known as the ebony lutung, Javan langur or Javan lutung, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It is most commonly glossy black with a brownish tinge to its legs, sides, and ...

(''Trachypithecus auratus'') ***** Tenasserim lutung (''Trachypithecus barbei'') ***** Indochinese grey langur (''Trachypithecus crepusculus'') *****

Silvery lutung The silvery lutung (''Trachypithecus cristatus''), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey. It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borne ...

or silvered leaf monkey (''Trachypithecus cristatus'') ***** Delacour's langur (''Trachypithecus delacouri'') *****

Indochinese black langur The Indochinese black langur (''Trachypithecus ebenus'') is a poorly known lutung native to Laos and adjacent Vietnam. It was originally described as a subspecies of '' T. auratus'', but was later found to be a member of the '' T. francoisi'' gro ...

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François' langur François' langur (''Trachypithecus francoisi''), also known as Francois' leaf monkey, the Tonkin leaf monkey, or the white side-burned black langur is a species of lutung and the type species of its species group. It is one of the least studied ...

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Gee's golden langur Gee's golden langur (''Trachypithecus geei''), also known as simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of Western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan. Long considered sac ...

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Germain's langur Germain's langur (''Trachypithecus germaini'') is a lutung native to Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The Old World monkey was previously included in '' Trachypithecus cristatus'' and '' Trachypithecus villosus''. Two subspecies were ...

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Hatinh langur The Hatinh langur (''Trachypithecus hatinhensis'') is a highly threatened Old World monkey found in limestone forests in Vietnam, primarily in the Quảng Bình Province. A recent survey discovered a small population living in the Quảng Trị ...

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Laotian langur The Laotian langur or white-browed black langur (''Trachypithecus laotum'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Laos. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Genetically the Indochinese bla ...

(''Trachypithecus laotum'') ***** White-headed langur (''Trachypithecus leucocephalus'') ***** Annamese langur (''Trachypithecus margarita'') *****

West Javan langur The West Javan langur (''Trachypithecus mauritius'') is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily. It was formerly considered a subspecies of ''Trachypithecus auratus'' until it was elevated to a separate species by Roos and Groves. It i ...

(''Trachypithecus mauritius'') ***** Shan State langur (''Trachypithecus melamera'') *****

Dusky leaf monkey The dusky leaf monkey (''Trachypithecus obscurus''), also known as the spectacled langur, or the spectacled leaf monkey is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, and can occas ...

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Phayre's leaf monkey Phayre's leaf monkey (''Trachypithecus phayrei''), also known as Phayre's langur, is a species of lutung native to South and Southeast Asia, namely India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Populations from further east are now thought to belong to other s ...

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Capped langur The capped langur (''Trachypithecus pileatus'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat ...

(''Trachypithecus pileatus'') ***** White-headed langur (''Trachypithecus poliocephalus'') *****

Popa langur The Popa langur (''Trachypithecus popa'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It occurs only in Myanmar and was named after Mount Popa, where a population of 100 of the monkeys live. It is listed as Critically Endangered on th ...

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Shortridge's langur The Shortridge's langur (''Trachypithecus shortridgei'') is a lutung native to Burma and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by pop ...

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Presbytis The surilis are a group of Old World monkeys in the genus ''Presbytis''. They live in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, on Sumatra, Borneo, Java and smaller nearby islands. Besides surili, the common names for the monkeys in the genus also sometimes use ...

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Black-and-white langur The black-and-white langur (''Presbytis bicolor'') is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Black-crested Sumatran langur, ''Presbytis melalophos'' (as ''Presbytis melalophos bicolor'' ...

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Javan surili The Javan surili (''Presbytis comata'') is a vulnerable species of Old World monkey endemic to the western half of Java, Indonesia, a biodiversity hotspot. Other common names by which it is known by include gray, grizzled or Sunda Island surili; ...

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Sarawak surili The Sarawak surili (''Presbytis chrysomelas'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it is distributed north of the Kapuas River in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Malaysi ...

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Black-crested Sumatran langur The black-crested Sumatran langur (''Presbytis melalophos'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat l ...

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Mitered langur The mitered langur (''Presbytis mitrata'') is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Sumatran surili, ''Presbytis melalophos'' (as ''Presbytis melalophos mitrata'') but genetic analysis ...

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Mentawai langur The Mentawai langur (''Presbytis potenziani'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The Siberut langur (''P. siber ...

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Maroon leaf monkey The maroon langur, maroon leaf monkey, or red leaf monkey (''Presbytis rubicunda'') is a member of the family Cercopithecidae. It is found on the southeast Asian island of Borneo and the nearby smaller Karimata. ''P. rubicunda'' mostly live in fo ...

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Saban grizzled langur The Sabah grizzled langur (''Presbytis sabana''), also known as the Saban grizzled langur, is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Hose's langur, ''Presbytis hosei'' (as ''Presbytis hosei ...

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Siberut langur The Siberut langur (''Presbytis siberu'') is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Mentawai langur, ''Presbytis potenziani'' (as ''Presbytis potenziani siberu'') but genetic analysis r ...

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Black Sumatran langur The black Sumatran langur (''Presbytis sumatrana'') is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Sumatran surili, ''Presbytis melalophos'' (as ''Presbytis melalophos sumatrana'') but genet ...

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Red-shanked douc The red-shanked douc (''Pygathrix nemaeus'') is an arboreal and diurnal Old World monkey belonging to the Colobinae subfamily. They are endemic to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. They are known for their bright colors and express exhibit sexual dimo ...

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Black-shanked douc The black-shanked douc (''Pygathrix nigripes'') is an endangered species of douc found mostly in the forests of Eastern Cambodia, with some smaller populations in Southern Vietnam. The region they are mostly found in is called the Annamite Range, ...

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Pig-tailed langur The pig-tailed langur (''Simias concolor''), monotypic in genus ''Simias'', is a large Old World monkey, endemic to several small islands off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its face is black, its fur is black-brown and it has a relatively sho ...

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Hominoidea Apes (collectively Hominoidea ) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and as well as Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister g ...

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Bornean white-bearded gibbon The Bornean white-bearded gibbon (''Hylobates albibarbis''), also known as the Bornean agile gibbon or southern gibbon, is a species of gibbon endemic to southern Borneo. It is an endangered species, due to the undergoing logging of the tropical ...

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Eastern grey gibbon The eastern grey gibbon or northern grey gibbon (''Hylobates funereus'') is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. Taxonomy Formerly, the eastern grey gibbon and western grey gibbon (''H. abbotti'') were considered conspecific with the ...

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Kloss's gibbon Kloss's gibbon (''Hylobates klossii''), also known as the Mentawai gibbon, the bilou or dwarf siamang, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is identifiable in that it is all black, resembling the siamang with its black ...

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Lar gibbon The lar gibbon (''Hylobates lar''), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often kept in captivity. Taxonomy There are five subspecies of ...

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Silvery gibbon The silvery gibbon (''Hylobates moloch''), also known as the Javan gibbon, is a primate in the gibbon family Hylobatidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, where it inhabits undisturbed rainforests up to an altitude of . It is liste ...

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Pileated gibbon The pileated gibbon (''Hylobates pileatus'') is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The pileated gibbon has sexual dimorphism in fur coloration: males have a purely black fur, while the females have a white-grey colored fur with only th ...

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Hoolock The hoolock gibbons are three primate species of genus ''Hoolock'' in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, and Southwest China. Description Hoolocks are the second-largest of the gibbons, after ...

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Western hoolock gibbon The western hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock hoolock'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River. Classification Mootnick an ...

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Eastern hoolock gibbon The eastern hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock leuconedys'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of three species of hoolock gibbon. This species is found in east of the Chindwin River, such as the Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary, a ...

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Skywalker hoolock gibbon The Skywalker hoolock gibbon or Gaoligong hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock tianxing'') is an arboreal primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of three species of hoolock gibbon and was first described in January 2017 in the ''American Jour ...

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Symphalangus The siamang (, ; ''Symphalangus syndactylus'') is an arboreal, black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching in height, a ...

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Siamang The siamang (, ; ''Symphalangus syndactylus'') is an arboreal, black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The largest of the gibbons, the siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching in height, a ...

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Nomascus ''Nomascus'' is the second-most speciose genus of gibbons (family Hylobatidae). Originally, this genus was a subgenus of ''Hylobates'', and all individuals were considered one species, ''Hylobates concolor''. Species within ''Nomascus'' are char ...

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Black crested gibbon The black crested gibbon (''Nomascus concolor'') is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon found in China, Laos, and northern Vietnam, with four subspecies. Taxonomy The taxonomy of the species is confused. Previously grouped in the ...

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Yellow-cheeked gibbon The yellow-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus gabriellae''), also called the golden-cheeked gibbon, the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, the golden-cheeked crested gibbon, the red-cheeked gibbon, or the buffed-cheeked gibbon, is a species of gibbon native ...

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Hainan black crested gibbon The Hainan black-crested gibbon or Hainan gibbon (''Nomascus hainanus''), is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon found only on Hainan Island, China. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the eastern black crested gibbon (''Nomascus na ...

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Northern white-cheeked gibbon The northern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus leucogenys'') is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon native to South East Asia. It is closely related to the southern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus siki''), with which it was previously co ...

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Eastern black crested gibbon The eastern black-crested gibbon (''Nomascus nasutus''), also known as the Cao-vit black crested gibbon or the Cao-vit crested gibbon, is a species of gibbon from southeast China and northern Vietnam. The term "Cao-vit" originated from the sounds ...

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Southern white-cheeked gibbon The southern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus siki'') is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam and Laos. It is closely related to the northern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus leucogenys'') and the yellow-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus gabriellae'') ...

(''Nomascus siki'') ** Family Hominidae: great apes, including humans *** Subfamily

Ponginae Ponginae , also known as the Asian hominids, is a subfamily in the family Hominidae. Once a diverse lineage of Eurasian apes, the subfamily has only one extant genus, '' Pongo'' (orangutans), which contains three extant species; the Sumatran oran ...

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Tapanuli orangutan The Tapanuli orangutan (''Pongo tapanuliensis'') is a species of orangutan restricted to South Tapanuli in the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. It is one of three known species of orangutan, alongside the Sumatran orangutan (''P. abelii''), fou ...

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Homininae Homininae (), also called "African hominids" or "African apes", is a subfamily of Hominidae. It includes two tribes, with their extant as well as extinct species: 1) the tribe Hominini (with the genus ''Homo'' including modern humans and numerou ...

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Gorillini Gorillini is a taxonomic tribe containing three genera: ''Gorilla'' and the extinct ''Chororapithecus ''Chororapithecus'' is an extinct great ape from the Afar region of Ethiopia roughly 8 million years ago during the Late Miocene, comprising ...

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Gorilla Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...

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Western gorilla The western gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla'') is a great ape found in Africa, one of two species of the hominid genus ''Gorilla''. Large and robust with males weighing around , the hair is significantly lighter in color than the eastern gorilla, '' ...

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Eastern gorilla The eastern gorilla (''Gorilla beringei'') is a critically endangered species of the genus ''Gorilla'' and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies. There are 3,800 eastern lowland gorillas or Graue ...

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Homo ''Homo'' () is the genus that emerged in the (otherwise extinct) genus '' Australopithecus'' that encompasses the extant species ''Homo sapiens'' ( modern humans), plus several extinct species classified as either ancestral to or closely relat ...

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Human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, cultu ...

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Suborder Strepsirrhini

Infraorder Lemuriformes Lemuriformes is an infraorder of primate that falls under the suborder Strepsirrhini. It includes the lemurs of Madagascar, as well as the galagos and lorisids of Africa and Asia, although a popular alternative taxonomy places the lorisoids i ...

Superfamily Lemuroidea

Superfamily Lorisoidea Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the galagos and the lorisids. As strepsirrhines, lorisoids are related to the lemurs of Madagascar and are sometimes included in the infraorder L ...

Suborder Haplorrhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines ( Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is ...

Infraorder Tarsiiformes Tarsiiformes are a group of primates that once ranged across Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and North America, but whose extant species are all found in the islands of Southeast Asia. Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae) are the only living members o ...

Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers

Infraorder Simiiformes The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Cata ...

Parvorder Platyrrhini

Parvorder Catarrhini The parvorder Catarrhini , catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys, consisting of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old ...

See also

Infraorder
Lemuriformes Lemuriformes is an infraorder of primate that falls under the suborder Strepsirrhini. It includes the lemurs of Madagascar, as well as the galagos and lorisids of Africa and Asia, although a popular alternative taxonomy places the lorisoids i ...

Superfamily
Lorisoidea Lorisoidea is a superfamily of nocturnal primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members include the galagos and the lorisids. As strepsirrhines, lorisoids are related to the lemurs of Madagascar and are sometimes included in the infraorder L ...

Suborder
Haplorrhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines ( Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is ...

Infraorder
Tarsiiformes Tarsiiformes are a group of primates that once ranged across Europe, northern Africa, Asia, and North America, but whose extant species are all found in the islands of Southeast Asia. Tarsiers (family Tarsiidae) are the only living members o ...

Infraorder
Simiiformes The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Cata ...

Parvorder
Catarrhini The parvorder Catarrhini , catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys, consisting of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old ...