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Allocebus | Hairy-eared dwarf lemur |
Cheirogaleus | Dwarf lemurs |
Hapalemur | Gentle lemurs |
Lemur | Lemurs |
Lepilemur | Sportive and weasel lemurs |
Microcebus | Mouse lemurs |
Phaner | Fork-marked mouse lemurs |
Avahi | Avahis (otherwise known as Woolly indris) |
Indri | Indris |
Propithecus | Sifakas |
Daubentonia madagascariensis | Aye-aye |
Callimico goeldii | Goeldi’s marmoset (otherwise known as Goeldi’s tamarin) |
Callithrix aurita | White eared marmoset |
Callithrix flaviceps | Buff-headed marmoset |
Leontopithecus | Maned tamarin (otherwise known as Golden tamarin) |
Saguinus bicolor | Pied tamarin |
Saguinus geoffroyi | Geoffroy’s tamarin |
Saguinus leucopus | White-footed tamarin |
Saguinus oedipus | Cotton-headed tamarin |
Alouatta palliata (otherwise known as Alouatta villosa) | Mantled howler |
Ateles geoffroyi frontatus | Black-browed spider monkey |
Ateles geoffroyi panamensis | Red spider monkey |
Brachyteles arachnoides | Woolly spider monkey |
Cacajao | Uakaris |
Chiropotes albinasus | White-nosed saki |
Saimiri oerstedii | Red-backed squirrel monkey |
Cercocebus galeritus galeritus | Tana River mangabey |
Cercopithecus diana | Diana monkey |
Colobus badius kirkii | Kirk’s red colobus (otherwise known as Zanzibar red colobus) |
Colobus badius rufomitratus | Tana River red colobus |
Macaca silenus | Lion-tailed macaque |
Nasalis larvatus | Proboscis monkey |
Papio leucophaeus (otherwise known as Mandrillus leucophaeus) | Drill |
Papio sphinx (otherwise known as Mandrillus sphinx) | Mandrill |
Presbytis entellus | Langur (otherwise known as Entellus langur or True langur) |
Presbytis geei | Golden langur |
Presbytis pileatus | Caped langur |
Presbytis potenziani | Mentawi leaf monkey |
Pygathrix nemaeus | Douc langur |
Rhinopithecus roxellanae | Snub-nosed langur |
Simias concolor | Mentawi snub-nosed langur |
Hybolates | Gibbons |
Symphalangus syndactylus | Siamang |
Pongidae | Great apes |
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