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AT A GLANCECommon Name: White-faced SakiScientific Name: Pithecia pitheciaCategory: MammalsSubcategory: PrimatesRange: Guiana Shield of northeastern South America, across Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and VenezuelaHabitat Type: Tropical lowland rainforests,...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Bemaraha Woolly LemurScientific Name: Avahi cleeseiCategory: MammalsSubcategory: PrimatesRange: Western Madagascar, strictly endemic to the limestone karst formations of Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in the Melaky regionHabitat Type:...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Red Slender LorisScientific Name: Loris tardigradusCategory: MammalsSubcategory: PrimatesRange: Endemic to the island of Sri Lanka, restricted to the wet zone lowland and montane rainforests of the southwestern quarterHabitat Type: Tropical...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Golden-headed Lion TamarinScientific Name: Leontopithecus chrysomelasCategory: MammalsSubcategory: PrimatesRange: Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, restricted to lowland forest fragments in southern Bahia stateHabitat Type:...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Crowned LemurScientific Name: Eulemur coronatusCategory: MammalsSubcategory: PrimatesRange: Northernmost Madagascar, restricted to the Cap d’Ambre peninsula, Ankarana, and Montagne d’AmbreHabitat Type: Dry deciduous forests,...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: DrillScientific Name: Mandrillus leucophaeusCategory: MammalsSubcategory: PrimatesRange: Restricted to coastal rainforests of southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, and the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)Habitat Type: Primary lowland...
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OverviewThe Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus), revered throughout Hindu culture as the sacred Hanuman Langur, is an iconic, stately, and highly adaptable Old World colobine monkey native to the sprawling plains, dry deciduous forests, and ancient...
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OverviewThe Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), affectionately known in Brazilian Portuguese as the Mico-estrela or White-tufted Ear Marmoset, is a tiny, highly social, and visually striking New World monkey native originally to the dry, thorn-scrub Caatinga and...
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OverviewThe Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) is a magnificent, heavily furred, and critically imperiled strepsirrhine primate endemic solely to the lush, cloud-draped eastern rainforests of Madagascar. As the largest extant member of the family...
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OverviewThe Diana Monkey (Cercopithecus diana) is widely heralded by primatologists as one of the most elegant, visually ornate, and vocally sophisticated Old World monkeys in Africa. Named after Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon, in homage to the...
