Common Squirrel Monkey The keepers at the Bronx Zoo recently put these squirrel monkeys in the right-most cage outside… Bronx Zoo, primates, squirrel monkeys
Coquerel’s Sifaka Coquerel’s Sifaka, Propithecus coquereli, occupies a small coastal region in Madagascar’s north. It’s striking maroon, white,… Bronx Zoo, primates, sifaka
Gorilla The Western Lowland Gorillas are the stars of the Bronx Zoo’s Congo Gorilla Forest. You can… Bronx Zoo, gorillas, primates
Mandrill The Mandrill, Ugliest of the Monkey Tribe, from Brehm’s Life of Animals, 1896. “With the right… Bronx Zoo, mandrill, primates
White-Cheeked Gibbon “Death High Five!” One of our near relatives, Gibbons are Apes (technically the superfamily Hominoidea), along… Bronx Zoo, gibbons, primates
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
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