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Pictures of primates [last update 2011-12-25]


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Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)



Orangutan hanging in tree



Orangutans feasting on corn



Verreaux's Sifaka dancing



Gray Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)



White-headed capuchin monkey tearing open an ant nest


Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)



Indri in Perinet



White-headed capuchin monkey



Crowned lemur sitting on tsingy



ringtail profile (Berenty)


Long-tailed macaque eating a banana (Ubud; Bali)
Long-tailed macaque eating a banana

(Indonesia)

Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda)
Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda)

(Malaysia)


Male howler monkey



Orangutan


Juvenile Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
Juvenile Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)

(Costa Rica)


Orangutan



Orangutan in nest



Common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)



Orangutan in nest


Orphaned orangutan playing with a stick of sugar cane at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan playing with a stick of sugar cane at Sepilok

(Malaysia)


Orangutan in tree



Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier)



Red leaf monkey



Ring-tailed lemurs in riverine gallery forest



Tarsier



Orangutan in tree and sunlight



Nursing Verreaux's Sifaka



Orangutan hanging in tree



Collared Brown Lemur (Eulemur collaris) outside it range



Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)



Orangutan eating corn



Captive silverback Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana

(Tanzania)


Young orangutan in Gunung Palung



Dominant male macaque



Orangutan in Tree

(Indonesia)


Thomas' Leaf Monkey



Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) eating bamboo


Young orangutan with rambutan fruit dropping from its mouth (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Young orangutan with rambutan fruit dropping from its mouth

(Indonesia)

Golden lion tamarin in captivity
Golden lion tamarin in captivity



Mexican Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus)



Colombian Brown-mantled Tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis)



Macaques
(Cambodia)

Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane
Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane

(Malaysia)

Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)



Macaque



Group of capuchin monkeys on a roof



Orangutan making faces

(Indonesia)


Costa Rican capuchin monkey taking it easy on a powerline

(Costa Rica)


Orangutan in tree



Maroon Langur (Presbytis rubicunda)


Orphaned orangutan chewing on sugar cane at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan chewing on sugar cane at Sepilok

(Malaysia)

Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Rehabilitated adult male Orangutan at Pondok Tanggui

(Indonesia)


Crowned lemur in the forest floor



Male macaque with an erect penis



Ring-tail lemur licking its penis



Ring-tail lemur licking its penis



Ring-tail lemur licking its penis



Male macaque with an erect penis



Ring-tail lemur licking its penis



Ring-tail lemur licking its balls



Macaques having sex


Silverback gorilla
Silverback gorilla

(Gabon)

Young male gorilla standing
Young male gorilla standing

(Gabon)

Two young gorillas playing
Two young gorillas playing

(Gabon)

Silverback gorilla examining a plant shoot
Silverback gorilla examining a plant shoot

(Gabon)

Young male gorilla running
Young male gorilla running

(Gabon)

Silverback gorilla in profile with arched back
Silverback gorilla in profile with arched back

(Gabon)

Silverback gorilla displaying white hair
Silverback gorilla displaying white hair

(Gabon)

Close up head shot of silverback gorillas
Close up head shot of silverback gorillas

(Gabon)

Close up head shot of silverback gorillas
Close up head shot of silverback gorillas

(Gabon)

Two gorillas
Two gorillas

(Gabon)

Young male gorilla running
Young male gorilla running

(Gabon)

Young male gorilla grooming silverback
Young male gorilla grooming silverback

(Gabon)

Silverback gorilla in Gabon
Silverback gorilla in Gabon

(Gabon)

Male silverback gorilla
Male silverback gorilla

(Gabon)

Silverback gorilla seated
Silverback gorilla seated

(Gabon)

Gorilla on all fours
Gorilla on all fours

(Gabon)

Silverback gorilla with an angry look
Silverback gorilla with an angry look

(Gabon)

Dancing gorilla
Dancing gorilla

(Gabon)

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