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Chimpanzee | A gregarious anthropoid ape (Pan troglodytes) of tropical Africa, having long dark hair and somewhat arboreal habits and exhibiting humanlike behavior and a high degree of intelligence. It is now considered vulnerable to extinction in the wild |
Tamarins & Marmosets | Any of various small, long-tailed, arboreal monkeys of the genera Leontideus and Saguinus of Central and South America, closely related to and resembling the marmosets but having a larger body, longer limbs, and lower canines that extend well beyond the i |
Squirrel Monkeys | Any of several small, brightly colored arboreal monkeys of the genus Saimiri, widely distributed in South and Central American tropical forest regions, having a white face with black nose and mouth, short fur, and a long nonprehensile tail |
Capuchins | Any of several long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cebus, native to Central and South America and often having a hoodlike tuft of hair on the head |
Spider Monkeys | Any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having long legs and a long prehensile tail and lacking a thumb.arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail |
Macaques | Any of several short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca of southeast Asia, Japan, Gibraltar, and northern Africa |
Guenons | Any of various chiefly arboreal African monkeys, primarily of the genus Cercopithecus, having long hind legs and a long tail |
Angwatibo | A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. |
Ape | Any of various large, tailless Old World primates of the family Pongidae, including the chimpanzee, gorilla, gibbon, and orangutan |
Aye-aye | A nocturnal lemur (Daubentonia madagascariensis) native to northern Madagascar, having prominent ears, a long bushy tail, and rodentlike teeth. |
Baboon | Any of several large terrestrial African and Asian monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae, especially of the genus Papio or Chaeropithecus and related genera, characterized by an elongated, doglike muzzle, a short tail, and bare calluses on the buttocks |
Barrigudo | A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail. |
Bonobo | A species of chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) of north-central Congo (formerly Zaire), having black hair and more arboreal habits than the common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes). Also called pygmy chimpanzee. |
Bushbaby | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
Caparro | A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail. |
Colobus | arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs |
Douc | A monkey (Semnopithecus nem[ae]us), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China |
Douroucouli | A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). |
Galago | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
Gelada | A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male |
Gentle lemur | Any of several small arboreal, mostly nocturnal primates chiefly of the family Lemuridae of Madagascar and adjacent islands, having large eyes, a long slim muzzle, and a long tail. |
Gibbon | Any of several small arboreal apes of the genus Hylobates of southeast Asia and the East Indies, having a slender body, long arms, and no tail |
Gorilla | The largest of the anthropoid apes (Gorilla gorilla) native to the forests of equatorial Africa, having a stocky body and coarse, dark brown or black hair |
Grivet | white and olive green east African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face |
Guenon | Any of various chiefly arboreal African monkeys, primarily of the genus Cercopithecus, having long hind legs and a long tail |
Guereza | A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white |
Howler | monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry |
Indri | A large arboreal lemur (Indri indri) of Madagascar, having large eyes and a rudimentary tail |
Langur | Any of various slender, long-tailed Asian monkeys of the genus Presbytis and related genera that eat leaves, fruits, and seeds and have a chin tuft and bushy eyebrows |
Loris | Any of several small, slow-moving, nocturnal prosimian primates of the genera Loris and Nycticebus of tropical Asia, having dense woolly fur, large eyes, and a vestigial tail. |
Mandrill | A large fierce baboon (Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx) of western Africa, having a beard, crest, and mane and brilliant blue, purple, and scarlet facial markings in the adult male. |
Mangabey | Any of various forest-dwelling monkeys of the genus Cercocebus of central Africa, having a long tail and a slender body |
Marimonda | A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America. |
Mona | A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches. |
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