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Below are selected pictures of primates. More photographs of primates are available in the country sections found on the left. Also take a look at WildMadagascar.org for more lemur images.

Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2004. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.

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Orang-utan | Bolivian gray titi (Callicebus donacophilus) | Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) | Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus) | Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) | Cheirogaleus major lemur | Grey Bamboo Lemur | Indri lemur in Andasibe | White-footed lepilemur (Lepilemur leucopus) | Microcebus rufus (Brown mouse lemur) | Eulemur fulvus rufus | Ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) eating with baby on back | Ring-tailed lemurs paddycake | Ringtails on a mission | Excited ring-tailed lemur | Leaping lemur | Sifaka lemur in "The Thinker" position | Sifaka just hanging out | Varecia variegata variegata | Baby gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) | Baby gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) | Baby gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) | Male silverback gorilla standing tall | Silverback gorilla | Adult silberback gorilla | Face of a young long-tailed macaque | Macaque showing its tongue at Uluwatu

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Male Nasalis larvatus monkey eating fruit | Young orangutan feeding while hanging from tree | Adult Male Orangutan | Woolly Monkey, Brazil | Woolly Monkey, Brazil | Squirrel Monkey, Costa Rica | Male Black Lemur | Ringtail Lemur, Madagascar | Ringtail Lemurs, Madagascar | Ringtail Lemur, Madagascar | Sifaka, Madagascar | Verreaux's Sifaka, Madagascar | Verreaux's Sifaka, Madagascar | Verreaux's Sifaka, Madagascar | Verreaux's Sifaka, Madagascar | longtailed macaque, Thailand | Macaque, Thailand | Orang-utan | Bolivian gray titi (Callicebus donacophilus) | Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus) | Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) | Diademed sifaka in Mantady NP | Red-fronted brown lemur with baby on back at Kirindy | Red-fronted brown lemur | Eulemur fulvus rufus in tree at Kirindy | Red-fronted brown lemur (E. fulvus rufus) in tree | Mother lemur catta with baby on chest | Upside-down sifaka lemur | White ruffed lemur feeding on tamarind

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Silverback gorilla | Silverback gorilla | Close up on baby gorilla | Close up face shot of baby gorilla feeding from bottle | Close up head shot of baby gorilla licking the hand of a keeper | Baby gorilla looking towards the sky | Close up on eyes of young gorilla at rehabilitation center | Baby gorilla in the arms of a care taker at Evengue | Young gorilla running | Young male gorilla posturing | Silverback gorilla near forest edge in Gabon | Young lowland gorilla | Adult male gorilla | Young male gorilla pounding its chest | Three gorillas in a line | Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) | Mama macaque monkey with breast-feeding baby | Baby macaque monkey | Close-up of pregnant long-tailed macaque at Uluwatu | Rehabilitated orangutan lost in thought | Baby orangutan clinging to mother orangutan | Adult Male Orangutan | Adult male Proboscis monkey | Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) peeking over a roof so only its head is visible | Crab-eating monkey (Macaca fascicularis) eating fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis) | Vervet Monkey, Botswana | Capuchin Monkey, Brazil | India | Black Lemurs, Madagascar | Brown Lemur, Madagascar

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Female Black Lemur, Madagascar | Male Black Lemur | Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.) | Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) | Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) | Howler monkey | Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) | DeBrazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) | DeBrazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) | DeBrazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) | Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus) | Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus) | Emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator) | Emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator) | Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) | Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) | Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) | Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) | Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) | Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) | Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) | Black-chested Moustached Tamarin (Saguinus mystax) | Black-chested Moustached Tamarin (Saguinus mystax) | Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) | Silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata)

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Silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata) | Silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata) | Bolivian gray titi (Callicebus donacophilus) | Wied's Tufted-eared Marmoset (Callthrix kuhlii) | Greater Bamboo Lemur | Milne-Edwards Sifaka | Red ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata rubra) | White-fronted brown lemur | Silverback gorilla with infant male | Two young gorillas playing | Adult silberback gorilla | Pregnant long-tailed macaque eating a pineapple at Uluwatu | Pregnant long-tailed macaque at Uluwatu, with breaking surf in the background | Domiant male Proboscis Monkey eating fruit | Domiant male Proboscis Monkey with females in tree eating fruit | Orangutan climbing while holding a bunch of bananas in its mouth | Large red male adult Borneo Orangutan on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui | Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan drinking at Pondok Tanggui | Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) drinking at Pondok Tanggui | Adult male Borneo Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) at Pondok Tanggui | Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) | Adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui | Adult male proboscis monkey with baby | Adult male and baby proboscis monkeys in a canopy tree along the Seikonyer River | Canopy tree along the Seikonyer River | Long-tailed macaque feeding on palm fruit | Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) feeding on fruit of Caryota milis, or the "Tukas" palm | Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) eating fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis) | Red Ruffed Lemur | White Ruffed Lemurs | Tamarin, Brazil | Squirrel Monkeys, Costa Rica | Brown Lemur, Madagascar | Indri Lemur, Madagascar | Brown capuchin monkey | Brown capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) snarling while eating fruit | Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
Related sections:
Lemurs | Photos of Primates in Indonesia | Photos of Orangutans in Indonesia | Photos of Proboscis monkeys in Indonesia


More from Wikipedia.org:

A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans. The English singular primate is a back-formation from the Latin name Primates, which itself was the plural of the Latin primas ("one of the first, excellent, noble"). Colin Groves lists about 350 species of primates in Primate Taxonomy.

All primates have five fingers (pentadactyly), a generalized dental pattern, and a primitive (unspecialized) body plan. Another distinguishing feature of primates is fingernails. Opposing thumbs are also a characteristic primate feature, but are not limited to this order; opossums, for example, also have opposing thumbs. In primates, the combination of opposing thumbs, short fingernails (rather than claws) and long, inward-closing fingers is a relic of the ancestral practice of brachiating through trees. Forward-facing color binocular vision was also useful for the brachiating ancestors of humans, particularly for finding and collecting food. All primates, even those that lack the features typical of other primates (like lorises), share eye orbit characteristics that distinguish them from other taxonomic orders.








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