Primate Conservation

Primate Factsheets

Our Primate Factsheets each cover one or more species and provide extensive information about current conservation statuses and threats with links to Red List profiles and more.

--Select a Factsheet-- Alouatta seniculus (red howler) Aotus (owl monkey) Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey) Brachyteles (muriqui) Cacajao (uakari) Callicebus moloch (dusky titi) Callimico goeldii (Goeldi's monkey) Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset) Callithrix pygmaea (pygmy marmoset) Cebus apella (tufted capuchin) Cercocebus atys (sooty mangabey) Chiropotes (bearded saki) Chlorocebus (vervet) Colobus guereza (guereza) Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye-aye) Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey) Galago (lesser bushbaby) Gorilla (gorilla) Hoolock (hoolock gibbon) Hylobates lar (lar gibbon) Indri indri (indri) Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur) Leontopithecus chrysomelas (golden-headed lion tamarin) Leontopithecus rosalia (golden lion tamarin) Macaca arctoides (stump-tailed macaque) Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque) Macaca fuscata (Japanese macaque) Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque) Macaca nigra (crested black macaque) Mandrillus (drill) Microcebus (mouse lemur) Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey) Nomascus leucogenys (white-cheeked gibbon) Nycticebus (slow loris) Pan paniscus (bonobo) Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) Papio anubis (olive baboon) Papio cynocephalus (yellow baboon) Pongo (orangutan) Propithecus diadema (diademed sifaka) Pygathrix (douc langur) Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey) Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin) Saimiri (squirrel monkey) Semnopithecus (gray langur) Symphalangus syndactylus (siamang) Tarsius (tarsier) Theropithecus gelada (gelada baboon) Varecia (ruffed lemur)

The Primates: Conservation of Endangered Species slideset

This online tutorial explores how primates use their habitat, and how threats to the habitat have caused most primate species to become threatened or endangered. Two conservation projects which successfully incorporate education, benefits for the local population, and habitat preservation, are examined in detail.

Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates

Compiled by the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, this biennial publication lists 25 primate species considered most endangered and most in need of conservation efforts.
See also IUCN Red List for information about current conservation statuses for individual species.

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By species

--Select a species-- Allenopithecus nigroviridis (Allen's swamp monkey) Allocebus trichotis (hairy-eared mouse lemur) Alouatta (howler monkey) Alouatta seniculus (red howler) Aotus (owl monkey) Arctocebus (angwantibo) Ateles (spider monkey) Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey) Avahi (woolly indri) Brachyteles (muriqui) Cacajao (uakari) Callicebus (titi) Callicebus moloch (dusky titi) Callimico goeldii (Goeldi's monkey) Callithrix (marmoset) Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset) Callithrix pygmaea (pygmy marmoset) Cebus (capuchin monkey) Cebus apella (tufted capuchin) Cercocebus (mangabey) Cercocebus atys (sooty mangabey) Cercopithecus (guenon) Cheirogaleus (dwarf lemur) Chiropotes (bearded saki) Chlorocebus (vervet) Colobus (black-and-white colobus) Colobus guereza (guereza) Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye-aye) Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey) Eulemur (brown lemur) Euoticus (needle-clawed bushbaby) Galago (lesser bushbaby) Gorilla (gorilla) Hapalemur (bamboo lemur) Hoolock (hoolock gibbon) Hylobates (gibbon) Hylobates lar (lar gibbon) Indri indri (indri) Lagothrix (woolly monkey) Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur) Leontopithecus (lion tamarin) Leontopithecus chrysomelas (golden-headed lion tamarin) Leontopithecus rosalia (golden lion tamarin) Lepilemur (sportive lemur) Lophocebus (crested mangabey) Loris (slender loris) Macaca (macaque) Macaca arctoides (stump-tailed macaque) Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque) Macaca fuscata (Japanese macaque) Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque) Macaca nigra (crested black macaque) Mandrillus (drill) Microcebus (mouse lemur) Miopithecus (talapoin) Mirza (giant mouse lemur) Nasalis larvatus (proboscis monkey) Nomascus (crested gibbon) Nomascus leucogenys (white-cheeked gibbon) Nycticebus (slow loris) Oreonax flavicauda (yellow-tailed woolly monkey) Otolemur (greater galago) Pan (chimpanzees) Pan paniscus (bonobo) Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) Papio (baboon) Papio anubis (olive baboon) Papio cynocephalus (yellow baboon) Perodicticus potto (potto) Phaner (fork-marked lemur) Piliocolobus (red colobus) Pithecia (saki monkey) Pongo (orangutan) Presbytis (surili) Procolobus verus (olive colobus) Prolemur simus (greater bamboo lemur) Propithecus (sifaka) Propithecus diadema (diademed sifaka) Pygathrix (douc langur) Rhinopithecus (snub-nosed monkey) Rhinopithecus roxellana (golden snub-nosed monkey) Saguinus (tamarin) Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin) Saimiri (squirrel monkey) Semnopithecus (gray langur) Simias concolor (pig-tailed langur) Symphalangus syndactylus (siamang) Tarsius (tarsier) Theropithecus gelada (gelada baboon) Trachypithecus (langur) Varecia (ruffed lemur)

Bushmeat

Links to news and other information about the use of bushmeat -- food obtained by killing wild animals for subsistence or commercial purposes.

Deforestation

Links to news and other information about deforestation -- the removal of trees for agriculture, logging or urban development, without sufficient replanting.

Ecotourism

Links to news and other information about ecotourism -- tourism or travel in "natural areas" often focused on the conservation of species or habitat.

General Primate Conservation Topics

Links to everything else related to primate conservation.

In the News

Links to news articles about primate conservation.