Monkeys

Primates that usually have tails, from tiny marmosets to large baboons.

11 entries

Angolan Colobus MonkeyColobus angolensisA black-and-white leaf-eating monkey of central Africa with a long, bushy-tipped tail and babies that are born all white.Common MarmosetCallithrix jacchusA tiny tree-sap-eating monkey of northeastern Brazil with white ear tufts, usually born as twins.Cotton-Top TamarinSaguinus oedipus (also called Oedipomidas oedipus)A squirrel-sized, critically endangered Colombian monkey with a wild crest of long white hair on its head.DrillMandrillus leucophaeusAn endangered baboon relative of West-Central African rainforests whose males have a bright red chin and a mane.François' LangurTrachypithecus francoisiA slender black leaf-eating monkey of southern China and northern Vietnam with white sideburns and bright orange babies.Golden Lion TamarinLeontopithecus rosaliaA tiny, bright-orange monkey with a lion-like mane that lives only in Brazil's Atlantic Coastal Forest.Hamadryas BaboonPapio hamadryasA baboon of the Horn of Africa whose males have bushy silver manes and lead small family units within big troops.MandrillMandrillus sphinxThe largest monkey in the world, whose males have a bright red-and-blue face and colorful rump.Schmidt's GuenonCercopithecus ascanius schmidtiA colorful African monkey with a white nose and a chestnut-red tail, also called the red-tailed monkey, that stuffs its cheek pouches with food.Squirrel MonkeySaimiri speciesA small, noisy South and Central American monkey that lives in big troops and leaps through the trees using its long tail for balance.Wolf's GuenonCercopithecus wolfiA gray, red-saddled African forest monkey named after the person who discovered it, not after wolves.