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


Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Orangutan with long beard

(Indonesia)


White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)

(Costa Rica)


Young orang-utan grasping a woody liana while pondering

(Indonesia)


White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a spiny Alluaudia procera plant



Group of ring-tailed lemurs (Berenty)



Pair of white-fronted brown lemur

(Madagascar)


Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia



Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur hanging in a tree


Pregnant spider monkey
Pregnant spider monkey

(Costa Rica)

Mohawk macaque (Ubud; Bali)
Mohawk macaque

(Indonesia)

Dusky titi monkey
Dusky titi monkey



Silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata)



Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals once trafficked for the pet trade



Chimpanzee in captivity



Orangutan in tree



Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Rufus mouse lemur (Nosy Mangabe)



Leaping sifaka captured in a series of photos (Berenty)



Mexican Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus)



Silverback gorilla with infant male

(Gabon)


Indri lemur (Indri indri)



Colombian woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center in the Amazon



Mama Orangutan helps baby drink water

(Indonesia)


Red howler monkey



One orangutan examins another


Dancing gorilla (part 4)
Dancing gorilla (part 4)

(Gabon)


White-footed Lepilemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a tree hollow


Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus moloch)
Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus moloch)



Female spider monkey



Ring-tailed lemur

(Madagascar)

Spider monkey
Spider monkey

(Costa Rica)


Indri lemur

(Madagascar)

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

(Gabon)


Verreaux's Sifaka sitting in a tree


Female Western lowland gorilla nursing a baby
Female Western lowland gorilla nursing a baby


Collared Brown Lemurs
Collared Brown Lemurs



Holwer monkeys swinging from a vine



Mother lemur catta with baby on chest (Berenty)



Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)



Ring-tailed lemur

(Madagascar)


Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)



Costa Rican capuchin monkey headshot

(Costa Rica)


Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur rufus)



Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals once trafficked for the pet trade


White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)

(Thailand)


Mother orangutan in tree



Red howler monkey silhouetted in the canopy

(Suriname)


Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals once trafficked for the pet trade



Verreaux's Sifaka dancing



Ringtails, including a baby, grooming



Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)



Coquerel's Sifaka eating leaves



Orangutan in Tree

(Indonesia)


Mother Tarsier and Baby



Orphaned Orangutans playing



Orangutan eating a flower



Leaping verreauxi lemur (Berenty)



Orangutan with a hand in his mouth

(Indonesia)


Red-ruffed lemur

(Madagascar)


Orangutan eating flowers



Orangutan in Central Kalimantan



Large Orangutan in Central Kalimantan



Orang-utan
(Indonesia)


Red howler monkey in the canopy

(Suriname)

Wolf's Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus wolfi)
Wolf's Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus wolfi)



Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in Madagascar



Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) with baby



Common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus)



Long-tailed macaque


Close up on the face of a long-tailed macaque (Ubud; Bali)
Close up on the face of a long-tailed macaque

(Indonesia)


Closeup on face of orang

(Indonesia)


Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Ranomafana N.P.)



Large Orangutan in a Tree

(Indonesia)


Sifaka in tree (Berenty)



Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)


Golden lion tamarin
Golden lion tamarin



Leaping lemur



Close Up: Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell


Black-and-gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya)
Black-and-gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya)

(Brazil)

Orangutan at Sepilok
Orangutan at Sepilok

(Malaysia)


Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)



Mother ringtail nursing her baby lemur



Full Lipped Orangutan



Rufous-naped tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
(pan02-1970)

Wolf's Guenon (Cercopithecus wolfi)
Wolf's Guenon (Cercopithecus wolfi)



Mexican Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus)



Colombian woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals once kept as pets


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