List of primates
List of primates contains the species in the order Primates and currently contains 16 families and 72 genera.
See list of fossil primates for extinct species
and List of lemur species.
Suborder [Strepsirrhini]
Infraorder [Lemuriformes]
Superfamily [Lemuroidea]
- Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs
- * Genus Cheirogaleus
- ** Montagne d'Ambre dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus andysabini
- ** Furry-eared dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus crossleyi
- ** Groves' dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus grovesi
- ** Lavasoa dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus lavasoensis
- ** Greater dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus major
- ** Fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius
- ** Lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus minusculus
- ** Ankarana dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus shethi
- ** Sibree's dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus sibreei
- * Genus Microcebus
- ** Arnhold's mouse lemur
- ** Madame Berthe's mouse lemur
- ** Bongolava mouse lemur
- ** Boraha mouse lemur
- ** Danfoss' mouse lemur
- ** Ganzhorn's mouse lemur
- ** Reddish-gray mouse lemur
- ** Jolly's mouse lemur
- ** Goodman's mouse lemur
- ** MacArthur's mouse lemur
- ** Claire's mouse lemur
- ** Microcebus manitatra
- ** Margot Marsh's mouse lemur
- ** Marohita mouse lemur
- ** Mittermeier's mouse lemur
- ** Gerp's mouse lemur
- ** Gray mouse lemur
- ** Pygmy mouse lemur
- ** Sambirano mouse lemur
- ** Simmons' mouse lemur
- ** Golden-brown mouse lemur
- ** Brown mouse lemur
- ** Anosy mouse lemur
- ** Northern rufous mouse lemur
- * Genus Mirza
- ** Coquerel's giant mouse lemur or Coquerel's mouse lemur
- ** Northern giant mouse lemur
- * Genus Allocebus
- ** Hairy-eared dwarf lemur
- * Genus Phaner
- ** Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur
- ** Masoala fork-marked lemur
- ** Pale fork-marked lemur
- ** Pariente's fork-marked lemur
- Family Lemuridae: lemurs
- * Genus Lemur
- ** Ring-tailed lemur
- * Genus Eulemur : true lemurs
- ** White-headed lemur
- ** Gray-headed lemur
- ** Collared brown lemur
- ** Crowned lemur
- ** Blue-eyed black lemur
- ** Common brown lemur
- ** Black lemur
- ** Mongoose lemur
- ** Red-bellied lemur
- ** Red-fronted lemur
- ** Red lemur
- ** Sanford's brown lemur
- * Genus Hapalemur : lesser gentle or bamboo lemurs
- ** Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur
- ** Golden bamboo lemur
- ** Eastern lesser bamboo lemur
- ** Southern lesser bamboo lemur
- ** Western lesser bamboo lemur
- * Genus Prolemur
- ** Greater bamboo lemur
- * Genus Varecia : ruffed lemurs
- ** Red ruffed lemur
- ** Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Family Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs
- * Genus Lepilemur
- ** AEECL's sportive lemur
- ** Ahmanson's sportive lemur
- ** Ankarana sportive lemur
- ** Betsileo sportive lemur
- ** Gray-backed sportive lemur
- ** Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur
- ** Fleurete's sportive lemur
- ** Grewcock's sportive lemur
- ** Hubbard's sportive lemur
- ** Holland's sportive lemur
- ** James' sportive lemur
- ** White-footed sportive lemur
- ** Small-toothed sportive lemur
- ** Daraina sportive lemur
- ** Mittermeier's sportive lemur
- ** Weasel sportive lemur
- ** Otto's sportive lemur
- ** Petter's sportive lemur
- ** Randrianasolo's sportive lemur
- ** Red-tailed sportive lemur
- ** Sahamalaza sportive lemur
- ** Scott's sportive lemur
- ** Seal's sportive lemur
- ** Northern sportive lemur
- ** Hawks' sportive lemur
- ** Wright's sportive lemur
- Family Indriidae: woolly lemurs and allies
- * Genus Indri
- ** Indri
- * Genus Avahi
- ** Betsileo woolly lemur
- ** Bemaraha woolly lemur
- ** Eastern woolly lemur
- ** Southern woolly lemur
- ** Moore's woolly lemur
- ** Western woolly lemur
- ** Peyrieras's woolly lemur
- ** Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur
- ** Sambirano woolly lemur
- * Genus Propithecus
- ** Silky sifaka
- ** Coquerel's sifaka
- ** Crowned sifaka
- ** Von der Decken's sifaka
- ** Diademed sifaka
- ** Milne-Edwards's sifaka
- ** Perrier's sifaka
- ** Golden-crowned sifaka
- ** Verreaux's sifaka
- Family Daubentoniidae: aye-aye
- * Genus Daubentonia
- ** Aye-aye
Superfamily [Lorisoidea]
- Family Lorisidae: lorises, pottos and allies
- * Genus Arctocebus
- ** Golden angwantibo
- ** Calabar angwantibo
- * Genus Perodicticus
- ** Potto
- * Genus Pseudopotto
- ** False potto
- * Genus Loris
- ** Gray slender loris
- ** Red slender loris
- * Genus Nycticebus
- ** Nycticebus bancanus
- ** Bengal slow loris
- ** Nycticebus borneanus
- ** Sunda slow loris
- ** Javan slow loris
- ** Nycticebus kayan
- ** Philippine slow loris
- ** Pygmy slow loris
- Family Galagidae: galagos
- * Genus Galago
- ** Somali bushbaby
- ** Dusky bushbaby
- ** Mohol bushbaby
- ** Senegal bushbaby
- * Genus Galagoides
- ** Kenya coast galago
- ** Prince Demidoff's bushbaby
- ** Grant's bushbaby
- ** Malawi bushbaby
- ** Uluguru bushbaby
- ** Rondo dwarf galago
- ** Thomas's bushbaby
- ** Zanzibar bushbaby
- * Genus Otolemur
- ** Brown greater galago
- ** Northern greater galago
- ** Silvery greater galago
- * Genus Euoticus
- ** Southern needle-clawed bushbaby
- ** Northern needle-clawed bushbaby
- * Genus Sciurocheirus
- ** Bioko Allen's bushbaby
- ** Cross River bushbaby
- ** Gabon bushbaby
- ** Makandé squirrel galago
Suborder [Haplorrhini]
Infraorder [Tarsiiformes]
Family Tarsiidae">tarsier">Tarsiidae: tarsiers
- Genus Carlito
- * Philippine tarsier
- Genus Cephalopachus
- * Horsfield's tarsier
- Genus Tarsius
- * Dian's tarsier
- * Tarsius fuscus''
- * Lariang tarsier
- * Peleng tarsier
- * Pygmy tarsier
- * Sangihe tarsier
- * Spectral tarsier
- * Siau Island tarsier
- * Wallace's tarsier
Infraorder [Simiiformes]
Parvorder [Platyrrhini]
- Superfamily Ceboidea
- * Family Callitrichidae: marmosets and tamarins
- ** Genus Callithrix
- *** Buffy-tufted marmoset
- *** Buffy-headed marmoset
- *** White-headed marmoset
- *** Common marmoset
- *** Wied's marmoset
- *** Black-tufted marmoset
- ** Genus Mico
- *** Rio Acari marmoset
- *** Silvery marmoset
- *** Gold-and-white marmoset
- *** Emilia's marmoset
- *** Santarem marmoset
- *** Hershkovitz's marmoset
- *** White marmoset
- *** Black-headed marmoset
- *** Manicore marmoset
- *** Marca's marmoset
- *** Maués marmoset
- *** Black-tailed marmoset
- *** Rondon's marmoset
- *** Satéré marmoset
- ** Genus Cebuella
- *** Pygmy marmoset
- **Genus Leontocebus: saddle-back tamarins
- *** Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin,
- *** Brown-mantled tamarin
- *** Lesson's saddle-back tamarin,
- ***Illiger's saddle-back tamarin,
- *** Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin,
- *** Andean saddle-back tamarin,
- *** Black-mantled tamarin
- *** Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin,
- *** Golden-mantled tamarin
- *** Weddell's saddle-back tamarin,
- ** Genus Leontopithecus: lion tamarins
- *** Superagui lion tamarin
- *** Golden-headed lion tamarin
- *** Black lion tamarin
- *** Golden lion tamarin
- ** Genus Saguinus
- *** Pied tamarin
- *** Geoffroy's tamarin
- *** Emperor tamarin
- *** Mottle-faced tamarin
- *** White-lipped tamarin
- *** White-footed tamarin
- *** Martins's tamarin
- *** Red-handed tamarin
- *** Moustached tamarin
- *** Black tamarin
- *** Cotton-top tamarin or Pinché tamarin
- *** Red-capped tamarin
- ** Genus Callimico
- *** Goeldi's marmoset
- * Family Cebidae: capuchins and squirrel monkeys
- ** Genus Cebus: gracile capuchins
- *** Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin
- *** Humboldt's white-fronted capuchin
- *** Venezuelan brown capuchin
- *** Colombian white-faced capuchin
- *** Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin
- *** Shock-headed capuchin
- *** Panamanian white-faced capuchin
- *** Ka'apor capuchin
- *** Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin
- *** Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin
- *** Guianan weeper capuchin
- *** Spix's white-fronted capuchin
- *** Varied white-fronted capuchin
- *** Marañón white-fronted capuchin
- ** Genus Sapajus: robust capuchins
- *** Tufted capuchin
- *** Azaras's capuchin
- *** Blond capuchin
- *** Black-striped capuchin
- *** Large-headed capuchin
- *** Black capuchin
- *** Crested capuchin
- *** Golden-bellied capuchin
- ** Genus Saimiri: squirrel monkeys
- *** Black-capped squirrel monkey
- *** Humboldt's squirrel monkey
- *** Collins' squirrel monkey
- *** Ecuadorian squirrel monkey
- *** Central American squirrel monkey
- *** Guianan squirrel monkey
- *** Bare-eared squirrel monkey
- *** Black squirrel monkey
- * Family Aotidae: night or owl monkeys or douroucoulis
- ** Genus Aotus
- *** Azara's night monkey
- *** Brumback's night monkey
- *** Gray-handed night monkey
- *** Hernández-Camacho's night monkey
- *** Gray-bellied night monkey
- *** Peruvian night monkey
- *** Nancy Ma's night monkey
- *** Black-headed night monkey
- *** Three-striped night monkey
- *** Spix's night monkey
- *** Panamanian night monkey
- * Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris
- ** Subfamily Callicebinae
- *** Genus Callicebus
- **** Baptista Lake titi
- **** Barbara Brown's titi
- **** Prince Bernhard's titi
- **** Brown titi
- **** Chestnut-bellied titi
- **** Ashy black titi
- **** Coimbra Filho's titi
- **** Coppery titi
- **** White-tailed titi
- **** White-eared titi
- **** Hershkovitz's titi
- **** Hoffmanns's titi
- **** Coastal black-handed titi
- **** Milton's titi
- **** Rio Beni titi
- **** Red-bellied titi
- **** Black-fronted titi
- **** Rio Mayo titi
- **** Ollala brothers' titi
- **** Ornate titi
- **** White-coated titi
- **** Atlantic titi
- **** Stephen Nash's titi
- **** Lucifer titi
- **** Black titi
- **** Colombian black-handed titi
- **** Rio Purus titi
- **** Red-headed titi
- **** Collared titi
- **** Madidi titi
- **** Caquetá titi
- **** Vieira's titi
- ** Subfamily Pitheciinae
- *** Genus Pithecia
- **** Equatorial saki
- **** White-footed saki
- **** Golden-faced saki
- **** Rio Tapajós saki
- **** Miller's saki
- **** Monk saki
- **** Napo saki
- **** White-faced saki
- **** Vanzolini's bald-faced saki
- *** Genus Chiropotes
- **** White-nosed saki
- **** Red-backed bearded saki
- **** Brown-backed bearded saki
- **** Black bearded saki
- **** Uta Hick's bearded saki
- *** Genus Cacajao
- **** Aracá uakari
- **** Bald uakari
- **** Neblina uakari
- **** Golden-backed uakari
- * Family Atelidae: howler, spider and woolly monkeys
- ** Subfamily Alouattinae
- *** Genus Alouatta
- **** Ursine howler
- **** Red-handed howler
- **** Black howler
- **** Coiba Island howler
- **** Spix's red-handed howler
- **** Brown howler
- **** Juruá red howler
- **** Guyanan red howler
- **** Amazon black howler
- **** Mantled howler
- **** Guatemalan black howler
- **** Purus red howler
- **** Bolivian red howler
- **** Venezuelan red howler
- **** Maranhão red-handed howler
- ** Subfamily Atelinae
- *** Genus Ateles
- **** White-bellied spider monkey
- **** Peruvian spider monkey
- **** Black-headed spider monkey
- **** Geoffroy's spider monkey
- **** Brown spider monkey
- **** White-cheeked spider monkey
- **** Red-faced spider monkey
- *** Genus Brachyteles
- **** Southern muriqui
- **** Northern muriqui
- *** Genus Lagothrix
- **** Gray woolly monkey
- **** Brown woolly monkey
- **** Colombian woolly monkey
- **** Silvery woolly monkey
- *** Genus Oreonax
- **** Yellow-tailed woolly monkey
Parvorder [Catarrhini]
- Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
- * Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
- ** Subfamily Cercopithecinae
- *** Tribe Cercopithecini
- **** Genus Allenopithecus
- ***** Allen's swamp monkey
- **** Genus Miopithecus
- ***** Gabon talapoin
- ***** Angolan talapoin
- **** Genus Erythrocebus
- ***** Patas monkey
- **** Genus Chlorocebus
- ***** Grivet
- ***** Malbrouck
- ***** Bale Mountains vervet
- ***** Green monkey
- ***** Tantalus monkey
- ***** Vervet monkey
- **** Genus Cercopithecus
- ***** Sykes' monkey
- ***** Red-tailed monkey
- ***** Campbell's mona monkey
- ***** Moustached guenon
- ***** Dent's mona monkey
- ***** Diana monkey
- ***** Silver monkey
- ***** Dryas monkey or Salongo monkey
- ***** White-throated guenon
- ***** Hamlyn's monkey or owl-faced monkey
- ***** Red-eared guenon
- ***** Golden monkey
- ***** L'Hoest's monkey
- ***** Lesula
- ***** Lowe's mona monkey
- ***** Blue monkey
- ***** Mona monkey
- ***** De Brazza's monkey
- ***** Greater spot-nosed monkey
- ***** Lesser spot-nosed monkey
- ***** Crested mona monkey
- ***** Preuss's monkey
- ***** Roloway monkey
- ***** Sclater's guenon
- ***** Sun-tailed monkey
- ***** Wolf's mona monkey
- *** Tribe Papionini
- **** Genus Macaca
- ***** Stump-tailed macaque
- ***** Assam macaque
- ***** Formosan rock macaque
- ***** Japanese macaque
- ***** Crab-eating macaque
- ***** Heck's macaque
- ***** Northern pig-tailed macaque
- ***** White-cheeked macaque
- ***** Moor macaque
- ***** Rhesus macaque
- ***** Arunachal macaque
- ***** Southern pig-tailed macaque
- ***** Celebes crested macaque
- ***** Gorontalo macaque
- ***** Booted macaque
- ***** Pagai Island macaque
- ***** Bonnet macaque
- ***** Siberut macaque
- ***** Lion-tailed macaque
- ***** Toque macaque
- ***** Barbary macaque
- ***** Tibetan macaque
- ***** Tonkean macaque
- **** Genus Lophocebus
- ***** Grey-cheeked mangabey
- ***** Black crested mangabey
- ***** Johnston's mangabey
- ***** Opdenbosch's mangabey
- ***** Osman Hill's mangabey
- ***** Uganda mangabey
- **** Genus Rungwecebus
- ***** Kipunji
- **** Genus Papio
- ***** Olive baboon
- ***** Yellow baboon
- ***** Hamadryas baboon
- ***** Guinea baboon
- ***** Chacma baboon
- ***** Kinda baboon
- **** Genus Theropithecus
- ***** Gelada
- **** Genus Cercocebus
- ***** Agile mangabey
- ***** Sooty mangabey
- ***** Golden-bellied mangabey
- ***** Tana River mangabey
- ***** Sanje mangabey
- ***** Collared mangabey
- **** Genus Mandrillus
- ***** Mandrill
- ***** Drill
- ** Subfamily Colobinae
- *** Genus Colobus
- **** Angola colobus
- **** Mantled guereza
- **** King colobus
- **** Black colobus
- **** Ursine colobus
- *** Genus Piliocolobus
- **** Western red colobus
- **** Bouvier's red colobus
- **** Niger Delta red colobus
- **** Central African red colobus
- **** Udzungwa red colobus
- **** Zanzibar red colobus
- **** Lang's red colobus
- **** Oustalet's red colobus
- **** Lomami red colobus
- **** Pennant's colobus
- **** Preuss's red colobus
- **** Tana River red colobus
- **** Semliki red colobus
- **** Temminck's red colobus
- **** Ugandan red colobus
- **** Tshuapa red colobus
- **** Miss Waldron's red colobus
- *** Genus Procolobus
- **** Olive colobus
- *** Genus Semnopithecus
- **** Kashmir gray langur
- **** Northern plains gray langur
- **** Nilgiri langur
- **** Tarai gray langur
- **** Black-footed gray langur
- **** Tufted gray langur
- **** Southern plains gray langur
- **** Nepal gray langur
- **** Purple-faced langur
- *** Genus Trachypithecus
- **** East Javan langur
- **** Tenasserim lutung
- **** Silvery lutung or silvered leaf monkey
- **** Delacour's langur
- **** Indochinese black langur
- **** François' langur
- **** Gee's golden langur
- **** Germain's langur
- **** Hatinh langur
- **** Laotian langur
- **** Annamese langur
- **** West Javan langur
- **** Dusky leaf monkey
- **** Phayre's leaf monkey
- **** Capped langur
- **** White-headed langur
- **** Selangor silvered langur
- **** Shortridge's langur
- *** Genus Presbytis
- **** Black-and-white langur
- **** Miller's langur
- **** Javan surili
- **** Sarawak surili
- **** Raffles banded langur
- **** White-fronted surili
- **** Hose's langur
- **** Black-crested Sumatran langur
- **** Mitered langur
- **** Natuna Island surili
- **** East Sumatran banded langur
- **** Mentawai langur or joja
- **** Robinson's banded langur
- **** Maroon leaf monkey
- **** Saban grizzled langur
- **** White-thighed surili
- **** Siberut langur
- **** Black Sumatran langur
- **** Thomas's langur
- *** Genus Pygathrix
- **** Gray-shanked douc
- **** Red-shanked douc
- **** Black-shanked douc
- *** Genus Rhinopithecus
- **** Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
- **** Black snub-nosed monkey
- **** Gray snub-nosed monkey
- **** Golden snub-nosed monkey
- **** Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
- *** Genus Nasalis
- **** Proboscis monkey
- *** Genus Simias
- **** Pig-tailed langur
- Superfamily Hominoidea
- * Family Hylobatidae: gibbons or lesser apes
- ** Genus Hylobates
- *** Agile gibbon
- *** Bornean white-bearded gibbon
- *** Kloss's gibbon
- *** Lar gibbon or white-handed gibbon
- *** Silvery gibbon
- *** Müller's Bornean gibbon
- *** Pileated gibbon
- ** Genus Hoolock
- *** Western hoolock gibbon
- *** Eastern hoolock gibbon
- *** Skywalker hoolock gibbon
- ** Genus Symphalangus
- *** Siamang
- ** Genus Nomascus
- *** Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon
- *** Black crested gibbon
- *** Yellow-cheeked gibbon
- *** Hainan black crested gibbon
- *** Northern white-cheeked gibbon
- *** Eastern black crested gibbon
- *** Southern white-cheeked gibbon
- * Family Hominidae: great apes, including humans
- ** Subfamily Ponginae
- *** Genus Pongo
- **** Sumatran orangutan
- **** Bornean orangutan
- **** Tapanuli orangutan
- ** Subfamily Homininae
- *** Tribe Gorillini
- **** Genus Gorilla
- ***** Eastern gorilla
- ***** Western gorilla
- *** Tribe Hominini
- **** Genus Pan
- ***** Bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee
- ***** Chimpanzee
- **** Genus Homo
- ***** Human