Primate Watching
PRIMATE SPECIES
522 primate species* (or 695 primate taxa at the subspecies level) wander our world. Primates are grouped into Strepsirrhini (lemurs, galagos, lorisids) and Haplorrhini (tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes). Below they are organised by genus.
|Strepsirrhini
|Haplorrhini
Lemurs
Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur | Allocebus
Woolly Lemurs | Avahi
Dwarf Lemurs | Cheirogaleus
Aye-aye | Daubentonia
Brown Lemurs | Eulemur
Bamboo Lemurs | Hapalemur
Indri | Indri
Ring-tailed Lemur | Lemur
Sportive Lemurs | Lepilemur
Mouse Lemurs | Microcebus
Giant Mouse Lemurs | Mirza
Fork-crowned Lemurs | Phaner
Greater Bamboo Lemur | Prolemur
Sifakas | Propithecus
Ruffed Lemurs | Varecia
Galagos
Needle-clawed Bushbabies | Euoticus
Lesser Bushbabies | Galago
Dwarf Galagos | Galagoides
Greater Galagos | Otolemur
Squirrel Galagos | Sciurocheirus
Lorisids
Angwantibos | Arctocebus
Slender Lorises | Loris
Slow Lorises | Nycticebus
Potto | Perodicticus
Marmosets
Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset | Callibella
Goeldi's Marmoset | Callimico
Atlantic Forest Marmosets | Callithrix
Pygmy Marmoset | Cebuella
Amazonian Marmosets | Mico
Gibbons
Hoolock Gibbons | Hoolock
Dwarf Gibbons | Hylobates
Crested Gibbons | Nomascus
Siamang | Symphalangus
Allen's Swamp Monkey
Allen's Swamp Monkey | Allenopithecus
Colobus Monkeys
Black-&-white Colobus Monkeys | Colobus
Red Colobus Monkeys | Piliocolobus
Olive Colobus | Procolobus
Odd-nosed Monkeys
Proboscis Monkey | Nasalis
Doucs | Pygathrix
Snub-nosed Monkeys | Rhinopithecus
Pig-tailed Langur | Simias