Greater Slow Loris The world’s only venomous primate. They lick the inside of their arms, where a gland secretes… loris, primates, zoos
Cotton-top Tamarin Being one of the forty-three primates identified by Linnaeus in 1758, the Cotton-top Tamarin, Saguinus oedipus,… primates, tamarins, zoos
Bolivian Gray Titi Titi monkeys live in small family groups of parents and offspring. They are monogamous and are… primates, titis, zoos
Silvery Marmosets Several outdoor cages run alongside the Bronx Zoo’s Mouse House, now occupied by New World Monkeys,… marmosets, primates, zoos
Silvered Leaf Monkey Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, British general in the Napoleonic Wars, author of History… Bronx Zoo, leaf monkeys, primates, zoos
Ebony Langur This species of monkey, Trachypithecus auratus (aka Javan lutung), was first described in 1812 by M.… Bronx Zoo, langurs, primates, zoos
Gelada Baboon The Bronx Zoo has a large, open grassy hillside where some Gelada baboons, Theropithecus gelada, reside.… baboons, Bronx Zoo, primates, zoos
Wolf’s Monkey Throughout the Nineteenth Century, Western explorers and collectors discovered many new animal species from Africa and… Bronx Zoo, monkeys, primates, zoos
Mantled Guereza Monkeys have altogether too many common names. This one, Colobus guereza, can be called the Mantled… Colobus monkeys, primates, zoos
Red-ruffed Lemur The Red-ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra) lives in Madagascar’s eastern coastal region. For the taxonomically-inclined, it was… Bronx Zoo, lemurs, primates, zoos