Know Your Primate: Presbytis hosei canicrus

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Colobinae Genus: Presbytis Species: Presbytis hosei canicrus Common Name: Miller’s grizzled langur Presbytis hosei canicrus is a subspecies of grey leaf monkey. It was feared to be extinct but has recently been observed in Borneo. Picture Source

Know Your Primate: Parapapio broomi

Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Tribe: Papionini Genus: Parapapio Species: Parapapio broomi The genus Parapaio is composed of four species: Parapapio jonesi, Parapapio whitei, Parapapio broomi, and Parapapio antiquus. The picture of Parapapio broomi below is that of a specimen from Bolt’s Farm and dates to about 2 MYA (the picture is somewhat distorted [...]

Know Your Primate: Pongo abelii

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Hominidae Genus: Pongo Species: Pongo abelii Common Name: Sumatran Orangutan The sumatran orang lives, obviously, in Sumatra – they are an endemic species. According several genetic analysis the Sumatran and Bornean populations diverged from each other about 1.5-1.7 MYA. They are largely frugivorous and spend most of their time in [...]

Know Your Primate: Lophocebus aterrimus

Order Primates Suborder Haplorrhini Family Cercopithecidae Subfamily Cercopithecinae Genus Lophocebus Species Lophocebus aterrimus Common Name: Black Mangabey, Black-crested Mangabey

Know Your Primate: Rhinopithecus roxellana

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Colobinae Genus: Rhinopithecus Species: Rhinopithecus roxellana Common: Golden snub-nosed monkey The taxonomy of the snub-nosed langurs is somewhat muddled. For purposes of this post I am following the simplest arrangement. The genus Rhinopithecus contains four species, three of which live at high elevations (up to about 4,500 meters) [...]

Know Your Primate: Papio hamadryas

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Papio Species: Papio hamadryas Normally, in these posts I try to provide some basic information about the species I’ve picked and provide a few pictures. In this post I would like to do something a little different.

Know Your Primate: Pan paniscus

Know Your Primate grew out of posts I wrote specifically for the Friday Ark back on my old blog. The point was to write short, informative posts about whatever species struck my fancy (and at that point was not limited to primates). Once I moved to ScienceBlogs those kind of posts went by the wayside. [...]

Know Your Primate: Cercopithecus neglectus

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Cercopithecus Species: Cercopithecus neglectus Common Name: De Brazza’s Monkey The De Brazza’s monkey lives Africa, mainly in an area bounded by southern Ethiopia, Cameroon and northern Angola. They reside in forest, swmaps, and seasonally flooded areas – but vastly prefer dense vegetation and closed canopy forests.

Know Your Primate: Nakalipithecus nakayamai

Order: Primates Suborder Anthropoidea Infraorder Catarrhini Superfamily Hominoidea Genus: Nakalipithecus Species: Nakalipithecus nakayamai It’s been awhile since I have used a fossil primate in this series, so “ripped straight from the headlines” (as they say in the Law and Order commercials) here is Nakalipithecus nakayamai:

Know Your Primate: Semnopithecus entellus

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Colobinae Genus: Semnopithecus (formerly Presbytis) Species: Semnopithecus entellus Common Name: Hanuman Langur The Hanuman langer is spread widely throughout southern Tibet and Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They are medium sized to large monkeys getting up to about thirty inches long (not including their long tail) [...]

Know Your Primate: Theropithecus gelada

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Theropithecus Species: Theropithecus gelada Theropithecus was a widespread and diverse genus during the Pliocene and early Pleistocene. Various species occupied most of Africa and parts of southwestern Asia. Today only a single species occurs in the mountains of central Ethiopia. The gelada is a highly terrestrial [...]

Know Your Primate: Presbytis melalophos

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Colobinae Genus: Presbytis Species: Presbytis melalophos Common: Mitred Leaf Monkey The mitred leaf monkey resides in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and western Borneo. They are smallish colobines, weighing about 13 pounds, on average. They are diurnal and live in a wide variety of primary and secondary forests.

Know Your Primate: Monday Edition

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Hylobatidae Genus: Hylobates Species: Hylobates klossii Common Name: Kloss’s Gibbon, Mentawai Gibbon. Depending on who you talk to there four genera (Nomascus, Symphalangus, Bunopithecus, and Hylobates) within the family Hylobatidae. There are a number of differences between the genera (anatomical, pelage, and chromosomal). Today’s primate is an interesting member of [...]

Know Your Primate: Pliopithecus vindobonensis

Order: Primates Infraorder: Catarrhini (Superfamily: Propliopithecoidea ?) Family: Pliopithecidae Genus: Pliopithecus Species: Pliopithecus vindobonensis The genus Pliopithecus contains at least four – maybe more – species. They have been considered ancestral gibbons and late members of the catarrhine radiation. Pliopithecus is found mainly in Europe and fossils date to 16-12 MYA.

Know Your Primate: Macaca nigra

Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Family: Cercopithecidae Subfamily: Cercopithecinae Genus: Macaca Species: Macaca nigra Common Name: Celebes crested black macaque The Celebes crested black macaque is found only in Indonesia – primarily on the island of Sulawesi. There are about 20 species of macaques, consequently, they have been divided into five species groups. The Celebes crested [...]