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Primate Factsheets

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center has created this series of factsheets as a starting point to find information about the various primate species. Each PIN Factsheet covers one or more species, including morphology, ecology, behavior, and conservation with range maps, images, and an extensive glossary of terms to illustrate the text. New factsheets will be developed and added to this site on a regular basis.

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rhesus macaque

Species: Macaca mulatta
Common name: rhesus macaque
Photo credit: Frans de Waal

Old World Monkeys

Baboons and Drills

baboon (Papio)
drill (Mandrillus)
gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada)
olive baboon (Papio anubis)
yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus)

Colobus Monkeys

black-and-white colobus (Colobus)
guereza (Colobus guereza)
olive colobus (Procolobus verus)
red colobus (Piliocolobus)

Guenons, Vervets, and related species

Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis)
guenon (Cercopithecus)
patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
talapoin (Miopithecus)
vervet (Chlorocebus)

Langurs, Leaf Monkeys, and related species

douc langur (Pygathrix)
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
gray langur (Semnopithecus)
langur (Trachypithecus)
pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor)
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus)
surili (Presbytis)

Macaques

crested black macaque (Macaca nigra)
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
macaque (Macaca)
pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)

Mangabeys

crested mangabey (Lophocebus)
mangabey (Cercocebus)
sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys)

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