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
Ring-tailed Lemur When Carl Linnaeus laid out his Systema Naturae in 1758, he named 44 primates, including the… lemurs, primates, zoos
Collared Lemur Living in a small range of southeastern Madagascar, this species Eulemur collaris, is one of twelve… Bronx Zoo, lemurs, primates, zoos
White-faced Saki Monkey This striking New World Monkey is a popular animal, exhibited at The Bronx, Prospect Park, Beardsley,… Bronx Zoo, New World Monkeys, primates, zoos
Geoffroy’s Tamarin Another New World Monkey, this one from Panama, on exhibit at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Zoo (in… primates, tamarins, zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins These lively little characters are nearly extinct in the wild, their range limited to a small… primates, tamarins, zoos