WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY FOR THIS TAXONOMY
Scientific and common names employed in this taxonomy are derived
from the classification scheme outlined in Michael Kavanagh's A
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO MONKEYS, APES AND OTHER PRIMATES (New York,
Viking, 1984). Modifications and/or additions to this
classification scheme have been suggested by Dr. Warren
Brockelman, Mahidol University, Thailand; Dr. Christopher Coe,
Harlow Primate Lab, UW-Madison; Dr. Alan Mootnick, Gibbon and
Gallinaceous Bird Center, Saugus, CA; Jackie Pritchard, Primate
Information Center, University of Washington; and Dr. Viktor
Reinhardt, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center. The taxonomic
classification chart comes from the gopher server of the American
Museum of Natural History.
TAXONOMY OF THE PRIMATE ORDER--COMMON NAME INDEX
This index matches the various common names
for different primates to their taxonomic (genus
and species) name.
Tree shrews continue to be included in this taxonomy.
Angwatibo Arctocebus calabarensis
Ape, Barbary Macaca sylvanus
Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis
Baboon, chacma Papio ursinus
Baboon, gelada Theropithecus gelada
Baboon, Guinea Papio papio
Baboon, hamadryas Papio hamadryas
Baboon, olive Papio anubis
Baboon, sacred Papio hamadryas
Baboon, yellow Papio cynocephalus
Barrigudo Lagothrix lagotricha
Beeloh Hylobates klossi
Bonobo Pan paniscus
Bushbaby, Allen's Galago alleni
Bushbaby, eastern needle-nailed Euoticus inustus
Bushbaby, fat-tailed Otolemur crassicaudatus
Bushbaby, greater Otolemur crassicaudatus
Bushbaby, lesser Galago senegalensis
Bushbaby, thick-tailed Otolemur crassicaudatus
Bushbaby, western needle-nailed Euoticus elegantulus
Caparro Lagothrix lagotrichia
Capuchin, black-capped Cebus apella
Capuchin, brown Cebus apella
Capuchin, brown pale-fronted Cebus albifrons
Capuchin, robust tufted Cebus apella robustus
Capuchin, tufted Cebus apella
Capuchin, weeping Cebus nigrivittatus
Capuchin, white-faced Cebus capucinus
Capuchin, white-throated Cebus capucinus
Capuchin, yellow breasted Cebus apella xanthrosternus
Chimpanzee, common Pan troglodytes
Chimpanzee, pygmy Pan paniscus
Cobego Cynocephalus variegatus
Colobus, Angolan Colobus angolensis
Colobus, bay Colobus badius
Colobus, black Colobus satanas
Colobus, black and white Colobus abyssinicus
Colobus, east central African red Colobus rufomitratus
Colobus, king Colobus polykomos
Colobus, Kirk's Colobus kirkii
Colobus, olive Colobus verus
Colobus, red Colobus badius
Colobus, west central African red Colobus pennanti
Colobus, western black and white Colobus polykomos
Colobus, western red Colobus badius badius
Colobus, Zanzibar red Colobus kirkii
Cuxius Chiropotes satanas
Douc Pygathrix nemaeus
Douroucouli Aotus trivirgatus
Drill Mandrillus leucophaeus
Dwarf lemur, fat-tailed Cheirogaleus medius
Dwarf lemur, fork-marked Phaner furcifer
Dwarf lemur, greater Cheirogaleus major
Dwarf lemur, hairy-eared Allocebus trichotis
Galago, Demidoff's Galagoides demidovii
Galago, Demidoff's dwarf Galagoides demidovii
Galago, dwarf Galagoides demidovii
Galago, Garnett's Otolemur garnetti
Galago, Thomas' Galago thomasi
Galago, Zanzibar Galago zanzibaricus
Gelada Theropithecus gelada
Gentle lemur, broad-nosed Hapalemur simus
Gentle lemur, grey Hapalemur griseus
Gibbon, agile Hylobates agilis
Gibbon, black Hylobates concolor
Gibbon, Bornean Hylobates muelleri
Gibbon, capped Hylobates pileatus
Gibbon, crested Hylobates concolor gabriellae
Gibbon, dark-handed Hylobates agilis
Gibbon, hoolock Hylobates hoolock
Gibbon, Kloss's Hylobates klossi
Gibbon, lar Hylobates lar
Gibbon, Mentawai Hylobates klossi
Gibbon, pileated Hylobates pileatus
Gibbon, silvery Hylobates moloch
Gibbon, white-browed Hylobates hoolock
Gibbon, white-cheeked Hylobates concolor leucogenys
Gibbon, white-handed Hylobates lar
Gorilla, eastern lowland Gorilla gorilla graueri
Gorilla, lowland Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Gorilla, mountain Gorilla gorilla beringei
Grivet Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus
Guariba Alouatta seniculus
Guenon, crowned Cercopithecus pogonias
Guenon, de Brazza's Cercopithecus neglectus
Guenon, Dent's Cercopithecus denti
Guenon, diademed Cercopithecus mitis
Guenon, dryas Cercopithecus dryas
Guenon, greater spot-nosed Cercopithecus nictitans
Guenon, L'Hoest's Cercopithecus lhoesti
Guenon, lesser spot-nosed Cercopithecus petaurista
Guenon, lesser white-nosed Cercopithecus petaurista
Guenon, owl-faced Cercopithecus hamlyni
Guenon, Preuss's Cercopithecus preussi
Guenon, red-bellied Cercopithecus erthytogaster
Guenon, red-eared Cercopithecus erythrotis
Guenon, russet-eared Cercopithecus erythrotis
Guenon, Sclater's Cercopithecus sclateri
Guenon, sun-tailed Cercopithecus solatus
Guenon, white-collared Cercopithecus mitis
Guenon, white-nosed Cercopithecus nictitans
Guenon, white-throated Cercopithecus mitis
Guereza Colobus guereza
Howler, black Alouatta caraya
Howler, black and red Alouatta belzebul
Howler, brown Alouatta fusca
Howler, devil-handed Alouatta belzebul
Howler, Guatemalan Alouatta villosa
Howler, mantled Alouatta palliata
Howler, red Alouatta seniculus
Indri Indri indri
Langur, banded Presbytis melalophos
Langur, capped Presbytis pileata
Langur, douc Pygathrix nemeaus
Langur, dusky Presbytis obscurus
Langur, entellus Presbytis entellus
Langur, Francois' Presbytis francoisi
Langur, golden Presbytis geei
Langur, Hanuman Presbytis entellus
Langur, Hose's Presbytis hosei
Langur, maroon Presbytis rubicunda
Langur, Mentawai Presbytis potenziani
Langur, Nilgiri Presbytis johnii
Langur, Phayre's Presbytis phayrei
Langur, purple-faced Presbytis senex
Langur, purple-faced Presbytis thomasi
Langur, sacred Presbytis entellus
Langur, silvered Presbytis cristata
Langur, spectacled Presbytis obscura
Langur, Sunda Presbytis aygula
Langur, white-faced Presbytis frontata
Langur, white-fronted Presbytis frontata
Lar Hylobates lar
Leaf monkey, banded Presbytis melalophos
Leaf monkey, capped Presbytis pileata
Leaf monkey, dusky Presbytis obscura
Leaf monkey, Everett's Presbytis hosei
Leaf monkey, Francois' Presbytis francoisi
Leaf monkey, Gee's Presbytis geei
Leaf monkey, golden Presbytis geei
Leaf monkey, grey Presbytis hosei
Leaf monkey, Hose's Presbytis hosei
Leaf monkey, Javan Presbytis comata
Leaf monkey, John's Presbytis johnii
Leaf monkey, maroon Presbytis rubicunda
Leaf monkey, Mentawai Island Presbytis potenziani
Leaf monkey, Phayre's Presbytis phayrei
Leaf monkey, pig-tailed Simias concolor
Leaf monkey, purple-faced Presbytis senex
Leaf monkey, red Presbytis rubicundus
Leaf monkey, silvered Presbytis cristata
Leaf monkey, Thomas's Presbytis thomasi
Leaf monkey, white-fronted Presbytis frontata
Lemur, avahi Avahi laniger
Lemur, black Lemur macaco
Lemur, blue-eyed Lemur fulvus flavifrons
Lemur, broad-nosed gentle Hapalemur simus
Lemur, brown Lemur fulvus
Lemur, brown lesser mouse Microcebus rufus
Lemur, collared Lemur fulvus collaris
Lemur, Coquerel's mouse Microcebus coquereli
Lemur, crowned Lemur coronatus
Lemur, Edward's sportive Lepilemur edwardsi
Lemur, fat-tailed dwarf Cheirogaleus medius
Lemur, flying Cynocephalus variegatus
Lemur, fork-marked dwarf Phaner furcifer
Lemur, golden bamboo Hapalemur aureus
Lemur, greater dwarf Cheirogaleus major
Lemur, grey gentle Hapalemur griseus
Lemur, grey lesser mouse Microcebus murinus
Lemur, hairy-eared dwarf Allocebus trichotis
Lemur, mongoose Lemur mongoz
Lemur, red-bellied Lemur rubriventer
Lemur, red-tailed sportive Lepilemur ruficaudatus
Lemur, ringed-tailed Lemur catta
Lemur, rufous mouse Microcebus rufus
Lemur, ruffed Varecia variegatus
Lemur, Sanford's Lemur fulvus sanfordi
Lemur, Sclater's black Lemur macaco flavifrons
Lemur, sportive Lepilemur mustelinus
Lemur, white-fronted Lemur fulvus albifrons
Lemur, woolly Avahi laniger
Lesser mouse lemur, brown Microcebus rufus
Lesser mouse lemur, grey Microcebus murinus
Lion tamarin, black Leontopithecus chrysopygus
Lion tamarin, golden Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia
Lion tamarin, golden-headed Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Loris, pygmy slow Nycticebus pygmaeus
Loris, slender Loris tardigradus
Loris, slow Nycticebus coucang
Macaque, Assamese Macaca assamensis
Macaque, Barbary Macaca sylvanus
Macaque, bear Macaca arctoides
Macaque, bonnet Macaca radiata
Macaque, booted Macaca ochreata
Macaque, Celebes black Macaca nigra
Macaque, crab-eating Macaca fascicularis
Macaque, cynomolgus Macaca fascicularis
Macaque, Japanese Macaca fuscata
Macaque, lion-tailed Macaca silenus
Macaque, long-tailed Macaca fascicularis
Macaque, Moor Macaca maurus
Macaque, Pere David's Macaca thibetana
Macaque, pig-tailed Macaca nemestrina
Macaque, red-faced stump-tailed Macaca arctoides
Macaque, rhesus Macaca mulatta
Macaque, stump-tailed Macaca arctoides
Macaque, Sulawesi booted Macaca ochreata
Macaque, Sulawesi crested Macaca nigra
Macaque, Taiwanese Macaca cyclopis
Macaque, Tibetan stump-tailed Macaca thibetana
Macaque, Tonkean Macaca tonkeana
Macaque, toque Macaca sinica
Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx
Mangabey, agile Cercocebus galeritus
Mangabey, black Cercocebus aterrimus
Mangabey, black crested Cercocebus aterrimus
Mangabey, cherry-capped Cercocebus torquatus
Mangabey, golden-bellied Cercocebus galeritus
Mangabey, grey-cheeked Cercocebus albigena
Mangabey, mantled Cercocebus albigena
Mangabey, smoky Cercocebus torquatus
Mangabey, sooty Cercocebus torquatus
Mangabey, Tana River Cercocebus galeritus
Mangabey, white-cheeked Cercocebus albigena
Mangabey, white-collared Cercocebus torquatus
Mangabey, white-crowned Cercoebus torquatus
Marimonda Ateles belzebuth
Marmoset, bare-eared Callithrix argentata
Marmoset, black-pencilled Callithrix pencillata
Marmoset, black-tailed Callithrix argentata
Marmoset, buffy-headed Callithrix flaviceps
Marmoset, buffy-tufted-ear Callithrix aurita
Marmoset, common Callithrix jacchus
Marmoset, Goeldi's Callimico goeldii
Marmoset, pygmy Cebuella pygmaea
Marmoset, Rio Maues Calithrix mauesi
Marmoset, Santarem Callithrix humeralifer
Marmoset, silvery Callithrix argentata
Marmoset, white-fronted Callithrix geoffreyi
Marmoset, Wied's black tufted-earr Callithrix kuhli
Mona, crowned Cercopithecus pogonias
Mona, Wolf's Cercopithecus wolfi
Monkey, Allen's swamp Allenopithecus nigroviridis
Monkey, Banded leaf Presbytis melalophos
Monkey, black spider Ateles paniscus
Monkey, black-handed spider Ateles geoffreyi
Monkey, blackish squirrel Saimiri vanzolinii
Monkey, blue Cercopithecus mitis
Monkey, brown snub-nosed Rhinopithecus bieti
Monkey, brown-headed spider Ateles fusciceps
Monkey, Campbell's Cercopithecus campbelli
Monkey, capped leaf Presbytis pileata
Monkey, Chinese snub-nosed Rhinopithecus roxellanae
Monkey, common spider Lagothrix lagotricha
Monkey, common squirrel Saimiri sciureus
Monkey, de Brazza's Cercopithecus neglectus
Monkey, diana Cercopithecus diana
Monkey, Dusky leaf Presbytis obscura
Monkey, Everett's leaf Presbytis hosei
Monkey, Francois' leaf Presbytis francoisi
Monkey, Gee's leaf Presbytis geei
Monkey, Geoffrey's spider Ateles geoffreyi
Monkey, Goeldi's Callimico goeldii
Monkey, golden leaf Presbytis geei
Monkey, golden snub-nosed Rhinopithecus roxellanae
Monkey, greater spot-nosed Cercopithecus nictitans
Monkey, greater white-nosed Cercopithecus nictitans
Monkey, green Cercopithecus aethiops
Monkey, Hamlyn's owl-faced Cercopithecus hamlyni
Monkey, Hendee's woolly Lagothrix flavicauda
Monkey, Hose's leaf Presbytis hosei
Monkey, Humboldt's woolly Lagothrix lagotricha
Monkey, hussar Erythrocebus patas
Monkey, Java Macaca fascicularis
Monkey, Javan leaf Presbytis comata
Monkey, John's leaf Presbytis johnii
Monkey, L'Hoest's Cercopithecus lhoesti
Monkey, long-haired spider Ateles belzebuth
Monkey, Lowe's Cercopithecus campbelli
Monkey, maroon leaf Presbytis rubicunda
Monkey, Mentawai Island Presbytis potenziani
Monkey, Mentawai Island snub-nosed Simias concolor
Monkey, mona Cercopithecus mona
Monkey, moustached Cercopithecus cephus
Monkey, nisnas Erythrocebus patas
Monkey, patas Erythrocebus patas
Monkey, Phayre's leaf Presbytis phayrei
Monkey, pig-tailed leaf Simias concolor
Monkey, Preuss's Cercopithecus preussi
Monkey, proboscis Nasalis larvatus
Monkey, purple-faced leaf Presbytis senex
Monkey, red Erythrocebus patas
Monkey, red-backed squirrel Saimiri oerstedi
Monkey, red-tailed Cercopithecus ascanius
Monkey, roloway Cercopithecus diana
Monkey, samango Cercopithecus mitis albogularis
Monkey, savannah Cercopithecus aethiops
Monkey, Schmidt's Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti
Monkey, silvered leaf Presbytis cristata
Monkey, snow Macaca fuscata
Monkey, Sykes' Cercopithecus mitis kolbi
Monkey, tantalus Cercopithecus aethiops tantalus
Monkey, Thomas's leaf Presbytis thomasi
Monkey, Tonkin snub-nosed Rhinopithecus avunculus
Monkey, white-fronted leaf Presbytis frontata
Monkey, widow Callicebus torquatus
Monkey, woolly spider Brachyteles arachnoides
Monkey, yellow-tailed woolly Lagothrix flavicauda
Monkey, Zaire Diana Cercopithecus salongo
Mouse lemur, brown lesser Microcebus rufus
Mouse lemur, Coquerel's Microcebus coquereli
Mouse lemur, grey lesser Microcebus murinus
Mouse lemur, rufous Microcebus rufus
Needle-nailed bushbaby, eastern Euoticus inustus
Needle-nailed bushbaby, western Euoticus elegantulus
Night monkey Aotus trivirgatus
Orabazu Callicebus moloch
Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Orangutan, Sumatran Pongo pygameus abelii
Owl monkey Aotus trivirgatus
Owl monkey, Peruvian red-necked Aotus nancymai
Potto Perodicticus potto
Potto, golden Arctocebus calabarensis
Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus
Redtail Cercopithecus ascanius
Roloway monkey Cercopithecus diana
Sahui de collar Callicebus torquatus
Saki, bearded Chiropotes satanas
Saki, black bearded Chiropotes satanas
Saki, monk Pithecia monachus
Saki, red-nosed Chiropotes albinasus
Saki, shaggy Pithecia hirsuta
Saki, white-faced Pithecia pithecia
Saki, white-nosed bearded Chiropotes albinasus
Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
Sifaka, Coquerel's Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
Sifaka, diademed Propithecus diadema
Sifaka, Verreaux's Propithecus verreauxi
Simakobu Simias concolor
Snub-nosed monkey, brown Rhinopithecus bieti
Snub-nosed monkey, Chinese Rhinopithecus roxellanae
Snub-nosed monkey, golden Rhinopithecus roxellanae
Snub-nosed monkey, Mentawai Island Simias concolor
Snub-nosed monkey, Tonkin Rhinopithecus avunculus
Spider monkey, black Ateles paniscus
Spider monkey, black-faced Ateles paniscus chamek
Spider monkey, black-handed Ateles geoffreyi
Spider monkey, brown-headed Ateles fusciceps
Spider monkey, common Lagothrix lagotricha
Spider monkey, Geoffrey's Ateles geoffreyi
Spider monkey, long-haired Ateles belzebuth
Spider monkey, red-faced Ateles paniscus paniscus
Spider monkey, western black Ateles paniscus chamek
Spider monkey, woolly Brachyteles arachnoides
Squirrel monkey, blackish Saimiri vanzolinii
Squirrel monkey, common Saimiri sciureus
Squirrel monkey, red-backed Saimiri oerstedi
Swamp monkey, Allen's Allenopithecus nigroviridis
Talapoin, northern Miopithecus sp. (unnamed)
Talapoin, southern Miopithecus talapoin
Tamarin, bare-faced Saguinus bicolor
Tamarin, black and red Saguinus nigricollis
Tamarin, black-mantle Saguinus nigricollis
Tamarin, cottontop Saguinus oedipus
Tamarin, emperor Saguinus imperator
Tamarin, golden lion Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia
Tamarin, midas Saguinus midas
Tamarin, mottle-faced Saguinus inustus
Tamarin, moustached Saguinus mystax
Tamarin, negro Saguinus midas
Tamarin, pied Saguinus bicolor
Tamarin, red-capped Saguinus mystax pileatus
Tamarin, red-chested Saguinus labiatus
Tamarin, red-handed Saguinus midas
Tamarin, Rio Napo Saguinus graellsi
Tamarin, rufous-naped Saguinus geoffreyi
Tamarin, saddleback Saguinus fuscicollis
Tamarin, white-footed Saguinus leucopus
Tamarin, white-lipped Saguinus labiatus
Tarsier, Horsfield's Tarsius bancanus
Tarsier, Phillipine Tarsius syrichta
Tarsier, spectral Tarsius spectrum
Tarsier, western Tarsius bancanus
Titi, dusky Callicebus moloch
Titi, masked Callicebus personatus
Titi, northern masked Callicebus personatus melanochir
Titi, white-handed Callicebus torquatus
Titi, widow Callicebus torquatus
Tree shrew, common Tupaia glis
Tree shrew, feather-tailed Ptilocercus lowii
Tree shrew, large Tupaia tana
Tree shrew, lesser Tupaia minor
Tree shrew, mountain Tupaia montana
Tree shrew, nicobar Tupaia nicobarica
Tree shrew, northern smooth-tailed Dendogale murina
Tree shrew, slender Tupaia garcilis
Tree shrew, small Tupaia javanica
Tree shrew, striped Tupaia dorsalis
Tupaia, Everett's Urogale everetti
Uakari, bald Cacajao calvus
Uakari, black Cacajao melanocephalus
Uakari, black-headed Cacajao melanocephalus
Uakari, golden-backed Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary
Uakari, red Cacajao rubicundus
Uakari, white Cacajao calvus
Vervet Cercopithecus aethiops pygerthus
Woolly monkey, Hendee's Lagothrix flavicauda
Woolly monkey, Humboldt's Lagothrix lagotricha
Woolly monkey, yellow-tailed Lagothrix flavicauda
NO COMMON NAMES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO:
Aotus azarae
Aotus brumbacki
Aotus inflatus
Aotus lemurinus griseimembra
Aotus lemurinus lemurinus
Aotus nigriceps
Aotus vociferans
Callicebus donacophilus
Cercopithecus polykomos dollmani
Cercopithecus polykomos vellerosus
Colobus badius temminckii
Colobus tholloni
Leontopithecus caissara
Lepilemur dorsalis
Lepilemur leucopus
Lepilemur microdon
Lepilemur septentrionalis
Microchoerus erinaceus
Microchoerus erinaceus edwardsi
Necrolemur antiquus
Necrolemur zitteli
Pithecia albicans
Pithecia hirsuta
Propithecus tattersalli
Saguinus inustus
Saguinus leucopus
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