Monkeys

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

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An Angolan colobus monkey with black fur and long white shoulder fur sitting on a branch.

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.

A common marmoset with white ear tufts and a striped tail resting on a branch.

Common MarmosetCallithrix jacchusA tiny tree-sap-eating monkey of northeastern Brazil with white ear tufts, usually born as twins.

A male drill with dark fur and a colorful rump walking on the forest floor.

DrillMandrillus leucophaeusAn endangered baboon relative of West-Central African rainforests whose males have a bright red chin and a mane.

A bright orange golden lion tamarin perched on a branch.

Golden Lion TamarinLeontopithecus rosaliaA tiny, bright-orange monkey with a lion-like mane that lives only in Brazil's Atlantic Coastal Forest.

A Schmidt's guenon with a white nose and a long reddish tail sitting in a leafy tree.

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.

A Wolf's guenon with gray, orange and white fur standing on a log.

Wolf's GuenonCercopithecus wolfiA gray, red-saddled African forest monkey named after the person who discovered it, not after wolves.