This page 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 ...

described in the 2000s.

2000

* Rio Acari marmoset (''Callithrix acariensis'') and Manicore marmoset (''C. manicorensis''), two species of

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 ...

described from

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in 2000, the Manicore marmoset has since been downgraded to a subspecies of

Marca's 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 ...

(''M. marcai''). *The

Sambirano mouse lemur The Sambirano mouse lemur (''Microcebus sambiranensis'') is a small, recently discovered primate and like the other mouse lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The dorsal side is both cinnamon and rufous-cinnamon and is grey ventr ...

(''Microcebus sambiranensis''), Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (''M. berthae'') and

northern rufous mouse lemur The northern rufous mouse lemur (''Microcebus tavaratra''), northern brown mouse lemur, or Tavaratra mouse lemur is found in northern Madagascar from the Ankarana Special Reserve in the west to the Manambato River in the northeast, and up to the ...

(''M. tavaratra'') were three species of tiny lemur discovered in Madagascar in 2000.

2001

*In 2001 several new species of

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 ...

(''Cheirogaleus'') were named, including the furry-eared dwarf lemur (''C. crossleyi''),

lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur The lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur (''Cheirogaleus minusculus''), or large iron-gray dwarf lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is nocturnal and an arboreal quadruped, and is not very agile. It produces three types of vocalisa ...

(''C. minusculus''), and Sibree's dwarf lemur (''C.sibreei''). However, the southern fat-tailed dwarf lemur (''C. adipicaudatus'') was later deemed

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with the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (''C. medius''), and the greater iron-gray dwarf lemur (''C. ravus'') was synonymous with the

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 ...

(''C. major'') *Another new

woolly lemur The woolly lemurs, also known as avahis or woolly indris, are nine species of strepsirrhine primates in the genus ''Avahi''. Like all other lemurs, they live only on the island of Madagascar. With a body size of and a weight of , the woolly lem ...

was described as the

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'').

2002

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 ...

(''Callicebus bernhardi'') and

Stephen Nash's titi Stephen Nash's titi monkey (''Plecturocebus stephennashi''), also known as just Nash's titi or Stephen Nash's monkey, is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the eastern bank of the Purus River in Brazil. It was disco ...

(''Callicebus stephennashi'') were two new species of titi discovered in

in 2002.

2004

*The Arunachal macaque (''Macaca munzala''), discovered in

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in 2004. Known to the locals as Munzala, it is thought to be most closely related to the Assam macaque and

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 n ...

, and is the first

macaque The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principally ...

species to be discovered since 1908.

2005

* Kipunji, or highland mangabey, (''Rungwecebus kipunji''), discovered in

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in 2005. Originally grouped within the

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'' Lophocebus'', the distinctive monkey with mohawk-style hair was declared as a member of a new genus in 2006. *In 2005 a new species of

, or avahi, which was discovered in the 1990s, was named

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 Mon ...

(''Avahi cleesei''), after the British comedian

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. *The

GoldenPalace.com monkey 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 aureipal ...

(''Callicebus aureipalatii''), a type of titi from

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, was so named following a charity auction held in 2005 to name the species. The auction was won by online casino

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, which bid $650,000 to name the monkey (''aureipalatii'' is Latin for 'of the Golden Palace'). The money went towards maintaining the monkeys' home, the

Madidi National Park Madidi () is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958km². Along with the nearby protected (though not necessarily contiguous) areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and the Manu Biosp ...

. *

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 Ma ...

(''Microcebus lehilahytsara''), discovered in

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and presented in 2005. The

northern giant mouse lemur The northern giant mouse lemur (''Mirza zaza''), or northern dwarf lemur, is a species of lemur discovered in 2005.Coquerel's giant mouse lemur Coquerel's giant mouse lemur (''Mirza coquereli''), also known as Coquerel's dwarf lemur or the southern giant mouse lemur, is a small nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar. This species can be found in parts of the Madagascar dry deciduous fore ...

(''Mirza coquereli''), and announced at the same time.

2006

*The

blond capuchin The blond capuchin (''Sapajus flavius'') is a species of capuchin monkey endemic to northeastern Brazil. This endangered species was rediscovered in 2006. It can live in exceptionally large groups of over 150 individuals, and like other capuchin ...

(''Cebus queirozi'') was discovered near

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in 2006. Some suspect that rather than a new species, however, it is a rediscovery of a monkey named ''Simia flavia'', known only from a drawing by German taxonomist

Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (17 January 1739 in Weißensee, Thuringia – 10 December 1810 in Erlangen), often styled J.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist. Career He was appointed professor of'' materia medica'' at the Univers ...

. *In 2006, researchers announced three new species of

sportive lemur 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. ...

have been identified. Genetic tests revealed the

red-tailed sportive lemur The red-tailed sportive lemur (''Lepilemur ruficaudatus''), or red-tailed weasel lemur, is native to Madagascar like all lemurs. It is a nocturnal species feeding largely on leaves, though they also eat some fruit. Individuals weigh around , a ...

(''Lepilemur ruficaudatus'') is in fact three separate species, and the

gray-backed sportive lemur The gray-backed sportive lemur (''Lepilemur dorsalis''), also known as Gray's sportive lemur or back-striped sportive lemur, is a species of lemur in the family Lepilemuridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss Ha ...

(''Lepilemur dorsalis'') was split into two. The lemurs show no obvious morphological differences, but are in communities separated geographically by rivers.

2008

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''), a new species of

uakari Uakari (, ) is the common name for the New World monkeys of the genus ''Cacajao''. Both the English and scientific names are believed to have originated from indigenous languages. The uakaris are unusual among New World monkeys in that the tail ...

. *

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 a ...

(''Cacajao hosomi''), a new species of

. *

Siau Island tarsier The Siau Island tarsier (''Tarsius tumpara'') is a species of tarsier from the tiny volcanic island of Siau Island, Siau in Indonesia. The ''T. tumpara'' species is one of 14 species and 7 subspecies in the tarsier family called "Tarsiidae". They ...

(''Tarsius tumpara''), a new species of

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 ...

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