This is a list of species of the order

Primates 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 huma ...

that were described in the 2010s.

2010

Caquetá titi Caquetá may refer to: * Caquetá River, a river in Colombia * Caquetá Territory The Caquetá Territory ( es, Territorio del Caquetá) was a national territory of the Republic of New Granada and the subsequent states of the Granadine Confederat ...

(''Callicebus caquetensis'') was described by Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno, and Javier Garcia. It is found in Colombia. *

Rondon's marmoset Rondon's marmoset (''Mico rondoni''), also known as the Rondônia marmoset, is a small species of monkey from the family Callitrichidae found in the south-western Amazon Rainforest, Amazon in Brazil. It is Endemism, endemic to the state of Rondô ...

(''Mico rondoni'') was described by Ferrari, Sena, Schneider, and Silva Jr. It is found in Brazil. * Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus annamensis'') was described by Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick, Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler, and Roos. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. *

Myanmar snub-nosed monkey The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey or Burmese snub-nosed monkey or black snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus strykeri'') is a critically endangered species of colobine monkey discovered in 2010 in northern Burma (Myanmar). It was formally described ...

(''Rhinopithecus strykeri'') was described by Thomas Geissmann, Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Tony Htin Hla, Mark Grindley, and Frank Momberg. It is found in Myanmar. *

Wallace's tarsier Wallace's tarsier, ''Tarsius wallacei'', is a species of Sulawesi tarsier (all tarsiers from the genus tarsius are from Sulawesi and its surrounding islands). It is found in the forests of what is referred to geologically as the neck of Sula ...

(''Tarsius wallacei'') was described by Merker, Driller, Dahruddin, Wirdateti, Sinaga, Perwitasari-Farajallah, and Shekelle. It is found in Indonesia on the island of

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

2011

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'') was described by Radespiel and collaborators. It is found in eastern Madagascar.

2012

Lesula The lesula (''Cercopithecus lomamiensis'') is a species of Old World monkey in the guenon genus ''Cercopithecus'', found in the Lomami Basin of the Congo. Though known to locals, it was unknown to the international scientific community until i ...

(''Cercopithecus lomamiensis'') was described by Hart, Detwiler, Gilbert, Burrell, Fuller, Emetshu, Hart, Vosper, Sargis, and Tosi. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. * Vieira's titi (''Callicebus vieirai'') was described by Gualda-Barros, Nascimento and Amaral. It is found in the central-northern

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

2013

* Kayan River slow loris (''Nycticebus kayan''), a species of

slow loris 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 Archipe ...

, was first described by Rachel Munds, Anna Nekaris, and Susan Ford. *

Makandé squirrel galago ''Sciurocheirus makandensis'' (Makandé squirrel galago) is a species of squirrel galago native to Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central ...

(''Sciurocheirus makandensis''), a species of

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 ar ...

, was described by Ambrose. It is found in Gabon. *

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''), a

mouse lemur The mouse lemurs are nocturnal lemurs of the genus ''Microcebus''. Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs are native to Madagascar. Mouse lemurs have a combined head, body and tail length of less than , making them the smallest primates (the smallest spe ...

, was described by Rodin Rasoloarison, David Weisrock, Anne Yoder, Daniel Rakotondravony, and Peter Kappeler. It is found in eastern Madagascar. * *

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''), a

, was described by Rodin Rasoloarison, David Weisrock, Anne Yoder, Daniel Rakotondravony, and Peter Kappeler. It is found in eastern Madagascar. *

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 Madaga ...

(''Cheirogaleus lavasoensis''), a

dwarf lemur The dwarf lemurs are the lemurs of the genus ''Cheirogaleus''. All of the species in this genus, like all other lemurs, are native to Madagascar. Description Measuring 19–27 cm in body length with a tail about 16–17 cm, they are ...

, described by Thiele, Razafimahatratra, and Hapke. It is found in the

Lavasoa Mountains Lavasoa-Ambatotsirongorongo Mountains are a mountain chain in southern Madagascar. They are situated in the municipalities of Sarasambo, Ankaramena, Ranopiso and Analapatsy, 30 km west of Fort Dauphin. They are composed of three peaks: #Grand ...

in southern Madagascar.

2014

Milton's titi Milton's titi monkey (''Plecturocebus miltoni'') is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from southern Amazon rainforest, Brazil. It was named after the Brazilian primatologist Milton Thiago de Mello. Milton's titi was discovered ...

(''Callicebus miltoni''), described by Julio César Dalponte, Felipe Ennes Silva e José de Sousa e Silva Júnior. Endemic to Brazil. * Isabel's saki (''Pithecia isabela''), a

saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultur ...

from Peru described by Laura Marsh. It is named after an aristocratic Peruvian woman named

Isabel Godin des Odonais Isabel Godin des Odonais (1728 in Riobamba, Viceroyalty of Peru, now in Ecuador – 28 September 1792 in Saint-Amand-Montrond, Cher, France) was an 18th-century woman who became separated from her husband in South America by colonial politics, ...

. *

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''), a saki from Brazil described by Laura Marsh. It was named after Brazilian primatologist Dr. José de Sousa e Silva Júnior, nicknamed "Cazuza". *

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''), a saki from Brazil described by Laura Marsh and named for primatologist

Russell Mittermeier Russell Alan Mittermeier (born November 8, 1949) is a primatologist and herpetologist. He has written several books for both popular and scientist audiences, and has authored more than 300 scientific papers. Biography Russell A. Mittermeier is ...

. Although supported by the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and ITIS, the species designation is disputed by Serrano-Villavicencio et al. 2019. * Rylands' bald-faced saki (''Pithecia rylandsi''), a saki found in Bolivia, Peru, and possibly Brazil described by Laura Marsh and named after Anthony Rylands. Although supported by the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and ITIS, the species designation is disputed by Serrano-Villavicencio et al. 2019. * Pissinatti's bald-faced saki (''Pithecia pissinatti''), a saki described by Laura Marsh. Although supported by the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and ITIS, the species designation is disputed by Serrano-Villavicencio et al. 2019.

2015

White-cheeked macaque The white-cheeked macaque (''Macaca leucogenys'') is a species of macaque found only in Mêdog County in southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. The white-cheeked macaque lives in forest habitats, from tropical forests ...

(''Macaca leucogenys''), was thought to be an

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''), but distinct differences led to ''Macaca leucogenys'' being considered a new species. * Urubamba brown titi (''Plecturocebus urubambensis''), a

titi 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, Homuncul ...

from Peru described by Vermeer and Tello-Alvarado as ''Callicebus urubambensis''. *

Montagne d'Ambre dwarf lemur The Montagne d'Ambre dwarf lemur or Andy Sabin's dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus andysabini'') is a species of dwarf lemur known only from Amber Mountain National Park and the surrounding area in northern Madagascar. It was identified in 2005, but n ...

(''Cheirogaleus andysabini''), a

from Madagascar described by Lei, McLain, Frasier, Taylor, Bailey, Engberg, Ginter, Nash, Randriamampionona, Groves, Mittermeier and Louis, Jr.

2016

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 manitrata''), a

from Madagascar described by Hotaling, Foley, Lawrence, Bocanegra, Blanco, Rasoloarison, Kappeler, Barrett, Yoder and Weisrock. *

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''), a

from Madagascar described by Hotaling, Foley, Lawrence, Bocanegra, Blanco, Rasoloarison, Kappeler, Barrett, Yoder and Weisrock. * Nosy Boraha mouse lemur (''Microcebus boraha''), a

from Madagascar described by Hotaling, Foley, Lawrence, Bocanegra, Blanco, Rasoloarison, Kappeler, Barrett, Yoder and Weisrock. * Ankarana dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus shethi''), a

from northern Madagascar described by Frasier, Lei, McLain, Taylor, Bailey, Ginter, Nash, Randriamampionona, Groves, Mittermeier and Louis Jr.

2017

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''), found ...

(''Pongo tapanuliensis''), was reported in 1939, then rediscovered in 1997, but wasn't described as a distinct species until 2017. *

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 ...

(''Hoolock tianxing''), described in 2017 and named after

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character

Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the original film trilogy of the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. Portrayed by Mark Hamill, Luke first appeared in ''Star Wars'' (1977), and he returned in ''The ...

. * Gursky's spectral tarsier (''Tarsius spectrumgurskyae''), a

tarsier Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all of its species living today are found in Maritime Southeast ...

from

, Indonesia described by Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, and Mittermeier. *

Jatna's tarsier The Jatna’s tarsier (''Tarsius supriatnai''), also known locally as the mimito, is a species of tarsier endemic to the northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Previously classified together with the Spectral tarsier, this species was reclassified and ...

(''Tarsius supriatnai''), a tarsier from Indonesia described by Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, and Mittermeier. *

Angolan dwarf galago The Angolan dwarf galago (''Galagoides kumbirensis'') is a species of dwarf galago native to Angola, and was named after western Angolan Kumbira Forest Kumbira Forest is a forest in Angola that is notable for its large variety of birds, includin ...

(''Galagoides kumbirensis''), is a

dwarf galago 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. ...

from Angola described by Svensson, Bersacola, Mills, Munds, Nijman, Perkin, Masters, Couette, Nekaris and Bearder. *

Groves' dwarf lemur Groves' dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus grovesi'') is a species of dwarf lemur known from Ranomafana and Andringitra national parks and surrounding areas in southeastern Madagascar. The identification was based on comparison of mitochondrial and n ...

(''Cheirogaleus grovesi'') is a

from Madagascar described by McLain, Lei, Frasier, Taylor, Bailey, Roberts, Nash, Randriamanana, Mittermeier and Louis Jr.

2018

* Alta Floresta titi (''Plecturocebus grovesi'') a

from Brazil described by Byrne, Silva, Silva-Júnior, Costa Araujo, Bertuol, Gonçalves, Melo, Rylands, Mittermeier, Silva, Nash, Canale, Alencar, Rossi, Carneiro, Sampaio, I. P. Farias, Schneider, and Hrbek.

2019

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''), a

from the

Togean Islands The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako and Una-Una. Ther ...

of Indonesia described by Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto, Mittermeier, Salim, A. and Springer. *

Munduruku marmoset The Munduruku marmoset (''Mico munduruku'') is a marmoset endemic to Brazil. It is found only in the southern Amazon rainforest, Amazon, in an area of approximately 120,000 km2, from the right bank of the Jamanxim River, below the mouth of t ...

(''Mico munduruku''), a

marmoset The marmosets (), also known as zaris or sagoin, are 22 New World monkey species of the genera ''Callithrix'', ''Cebuella'', ''Callibella'', and ''Mico''. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term "marmoset" is ...

from

Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...

in Brazil described by Costa-Araújo, Hrbek & Farias in Costa-Araújo, Melo, Canale, Hernández-Rangel, Messias, Rossi, F. E. Silva, M. N. F. da Silva, Nash, Boubli, I. P. Farias & Hrbek. * Parecis titi (''Plecturocebus parecis''), a species of

from northern Brazil described by Gusmão, Messias, Carneiro, Schneider, Alencar, Calouro, Dalponte, Mattos, Ferrari, Buss, Azevedo, Santos Jr, Nash, Rylands, and Barnett.

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