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Common Names for the Order Primates

Common Names for the Order Primates

Compiled by Bryan Lenz

Allenopithecus nigroviridis

      English: Allen's Swamp Monkey

              Blackish-Green Guenon

              Swamp Monkey

              Allen's Baboon-like Monkey

      French: Cercopithèque de Allen

  Cercopithèque Noir et Vert

              Singe de Pocock

      German: Sumpfmeerkatze

Allocebus trichotis

      English: Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur

      French: Allocèbe

              Chirogale aux Oreilles Poilles

  Le Cheirogale aux Oreilles Velues

      German: Büschelohrmaki

                Buschelöhr-Katzenmaki

      Malagasy: Tsidiala

      Spanish: Lemur Orejipeludo

Alouatta belzebul

      English: Red-handed Hower (Howling) Monkey

  Devil-Handed Howler (Howling) Monkey

              Black and Red Howler (Howling) Monkey

              Yellow-Handed Howler (Howling) Monkey

              Rufous-Handed Howler (Howling) Monkey

      French: Hurleur à Mains Rousses

      German: Gelbfüssiger Brüllaffe

               Rothändiger Brüllaffe

      Portuguese: Guariba de Mão Ruiva

      Spanish: Guariba de Manos Rubias

Alouatta belzebul ululata

      English: Red-handed Howling Monkey

Alouatta caraya

      English: Black Howler (Howling) Monkey

              Karaya

      French: Hurleur Noir

      German: Schwarzer Brüllaffe

      Spanish: Mono Aullador

      Other: Bugio Preto

Alouatta coibensis coibensis

      English: Coiba Island Howler (Howling) Monkey

  Coiba Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta coibensis trabeata

      English: Azuero Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta discolor

Alouatta fusca clamitans

      English: Southern Brown Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta fusca fusca

      English: Northern Brown Howler (Howling) Monkey

      French: Hurleur Brun

      German: Brauner Brülaffe

      Portuguese: Guariba de la Sierra

      Spanish: Guariba Peludo    

      Other: Bugio Ruivo

Alouatta palliata aequatorialis

      English: South Pacific Blackish Howler (Howling) Monkey

              Ecuadorian Mantled Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta palliata palliata

      English: Golden-mantled Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta palliata mexicana

      English: Mexican Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta pigra

      English: Guatemalan Howler (Howling) Monkey

               Black Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta sara

      English: Bolivian Red Howler (Howling) Monkey

               Bolivian Red Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta seniculus amazonica

Alouatta seniculus arctoidea

      English: Ursine Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta seniculus insulanus

      English: Trinidad Howler (Howling) Monkey

Alouatta seniculus juara

Alouatta seniculus puruensis

Alouatta seniculus seniculus

      English: Red Howler (Howling) Monkey

      French: Hurler Alouate

             Hurler Roux

             Singe Rouge

      German: Roter Brüllaffe

      Portuguese: Guariba Ruina

                    Guariba Vermelha

Spanish: Mono Colorado

      Other: Coto

            Araguato

            Aluate

Alouatta ululata

Aotus azarai azarai (azarae)

      English:  Southern Night Monkey

               Azara's Night Monkey

Aotus azarai boliviensis

      English: Bolivian Night Monkey

Aotus brumbacki

      English: Brumback's Night Monkey

Aotus hershkovitzi

      English: Hershkovitz's Night Monkey

Aotus infulatus

      English: Feline Night Monkey

Aotus lemurinus brumbacki

      English: Brumback's Night Monkey

Aotus lemurinus griseimembra

      English: Grey-legged Night Monkey

Aotus lemurinus lemurinus

      English: Lemurine Night Monkey

              Colombian Night Monkey

Aotus lemurinus zonalis

Aotus miconax

      English: Andean Night Monkey

Aotus nancymai (nancymaae)

      English: Peruvian Red-Necked Owl Monkey

               Ma's Night Monkey

Aotus nigriceps

      Enlgish: Black-Headed Night Monkey

              Peruvian Night Monkey

Aotus trivirgatus

      English: Douroucouli

  Owl Monkey

              Northern Night Monkey

              Night Monkey

Aotus vociferans

      English: Noisy Night Monkey

Arctocebus aureus

      English: Golden Angwantibo

               Golden Potto

Arctocebus calabarensis

      English: Golden Potto

  Calabar Angwantibo

              Angwantibo

      French: Angwantibo

              Arctocèbe

  Le Potto de Calabar

              Pérodictique Angwantibo

      German: Bärenmaki

      Spanish: Potto Dorado

      Other: Dwan

            Potto Doré

Ateles belzebuth

      English: White-Bellied Spider Monkey

   Long-Haired Sipder Monkey

      French: Atèle Belzébuth

      Spanish: Mono Frontino

      Other: Marimonda

Ateles chamek

      English: Chamek Spider Monkey

              Black-faced Spider Monkey

Ateles fusciceps

      English: Brown-Headed Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi azuerensis

      English: Azuero Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi frontatus

      English: Black-browed Spider Monkey

               Red-bellied Spider Monkey

      French: Atèle du Costa Rica

             Singe Araignée du Panama

              Singe-araignée auz Mains Noires

      Spanish: Mono Araña Maninegro

Ateles geoffroyi fusciceps

      English: Brown-headed Spider Monkey

      French: Atèle à Tête Brune

Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi

      English: Geoffroy's Spider Monkey

              Black-Handed Spider Monkey

              Central American Spider Monkey

      Spanish: Mono Colorado (Panama)

Ateles geoffroyi grisescens

      English: Hooded Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi ornatus

      English: Ornate Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi panamensis

      English: Panama Spider Monkey

  Red Spider Monkey

      French: Atèle de Geoffroy du Panama

             Atèle du Panama

      Spanish: Mono Araña de Panamá

Ateles geoffroyi rufiventris

      English: Colombian Black Spider Monkey

              Colombian Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus

      English: Mexican Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi yucatanesis

      English: Yucatán Spider Monkey

Ateles hybridus

      English: Variegated Spider Monkey

Ateles hybridus brunneus

      English: Brown Spider Monkey

Ateles hybridus hybridus

      English: Hybrid Spider Monkey

  Variegated Spider Monkey

Ateles marginatus

      English: White-Whiskered Spider Monkey

Ateles paniscus

      English: Red-faced Black Spider Monkey

  Black Spider Monkey

              Black-faced Spider Monkey

              Red-faced Spider Monkey

      French: Coaita Noir

      German: Schwarzer Klammeraffe

               Schwarzgesichtsklammeraffe

      Spanish: Coata Negro

      Other: Chamek

Avahi laniger

      English: Avahi

  Avahi Lemur

              Eastern Woolly Lemur

  Eastern Avahi

  Wooly Lemur

  Wooly Avahi

  Flocky Lemur

  Woolly Indris

      French: Avahi Laineux Oriental

              L'Avahi

              Avahi

              Avahi Laineux

              Avahi Lanigère

              Maki à Bourre

German: Breitschnauzenhalbmaki

    Ostlicher Wollmaki

    Vliesmaki

      Malagasy: Ampongy

     Avahy

     Fotsifaka

      Fotsifé

      Vareka

      Spanish: Indri Lanudo

Avahi occidentalis

      English: Western Avahi

  Western Woolly Lemur

      French: Avahi Occidental

      German: Westlicher Wollmaki

      Malagasy: Fotsifé

      Tsarafangitra

Brachyteles arachnoides

      English: Southern Muriqui

  Woolly Spider Monkey

              Muriqui

      French: Atèle Arachnoïde

              Eroïde

              Singe-araignée Laineux

      Spanish: Muriki

               Mono Grande

Brachyteles hypoxanthus

      English: Northern Muriqui

              Muriqui

Cacajao calvus

      English: Bald-headed Uacari

               Red-and-white Uacari

   Bald Uakari

              White Uakari

              Scarlet-Faced Monkey

              Red-Faced Uakari

              Scarlet-Fever Faced Monkey

      French: Ouakari Chauve

              Ouajari Chauve

      German: Scharlachgesicht

      Spanish: Cacajao

               Cacayao

               Huapo Colorado

               Huapo Rojo

   Macari de Cara Blanca

               Uacari Blanco

               Uacaries

Cacajao calvus calvus

      English: White Bald-headed Uacari

Cacajao calvus novaesi

      English: Novae's Bald-headed Uacari

Cacajao calvus rubicundus

      English: Red Bald-headed Saki

              Red Saki

              Red Bald-headed Uacari

Cacajao calvus ucayalii

      English: Ucayali Bald-headed Uacari

Cacajao melanocephalus melanocephalus

      English: Black Uakari

              Black-Headed Uakari

      French: Ouakari à Tête Noire

      German: Häblicher Affe

               Schwarzkopfuakari

      Portuguese: Cacajao de Cabeza Preta

        Macaco Mal Acabado

      Spanish: Uakari Negro

               Mono Rabòn

               Uacari de Cara Negra

               Mono Feo

      Other: Cacahao

Cariuri

Chucuto

Chucuzo

Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary

      English: Spix's Black-headed Uacari

Callicebus baptista

Callicebus barbarabrownae

      English: Northern Bahian Blond Titi

Callicebus brunneus

      English: Brown Titi

Callicebus caligatus

      English: Booted Titi

Callicebus cinerascens

      English: Ashy Titi

Callicebus coimbrai

      English: Coimbra's Titi

Callicebus cupreus

      English: Coppery Titi

Callicebus donacophilus

      English: Reed Titi

Callicebus dubius

      English: Dubius Titi

Callicebus hoffmannsi

      English: Hoffmann's Titi

Callicebus medemi

      English: Medem's Collared Titi

Callicebus melanochir

      English: Southern Bahian Masked Titi

Callicebus modestus

      English: Modest Titi

Callicebus moloch

      English: Dusky Titi Monkey

      Other: Orabazu

Callicebus nigrifrons

      English: Black-fronted Titi

Callicebus oenanthe

      English: Andean Titi

              Andean Titi Monkey

Callicebus olallae

      English: Ollalla's Titi

              Beni Titi Monkey

Callicebus ornatus

      English: Ornate Titi Monkey

Callicebus pallescens

Callicebus personatus

      English: Masked Titi

               Northern Masked Titi

      French: Titi à Masque

Callicebus personatus melanochir

      English: Northern Masked Titi

Callicebus torquatus lucifer

      English: Widow Monkey

Callicebus torquatus lugens

Callicebus torquatus purinus

Callicebus torquatus regulus

Callicebus torquatus torquatus

      English: Widow Titi

              Widow Monkey

              Collared Titi

      French: Callicèbe à Collier

             Callicèbe à Fraise

      German: Witwenaffe

      Spanish: Sahui de Collar

      Other: Japussa

            Viudita

Callimico goeldii

      English: Goeldi's Monkey

              Goeldi's Marmoset

              Goeldi's Tamarin

  Calimico

      French: Tamarin de Goeldi

              Tamarin Sauteur

      Spanish: Pichico Negro

               Tití de Goeldi

Callithrix acariensis

      English: Rio Acarí Marmoset

Callithrix argentata

      English: Black-Tailed Marmoset

  Silvery Marmoset

              Silvery Monkey

French: Ouistiti Mélanure

German: Schwarzschwänziges

          Silberäffchen

Portuguese: Chauim Branco

              Macaquinho Branco

              Sahuim Branco

Spanish: Titi Plateado

Other:      Mico

Callithrix argentata marcai

      English: Marca's Marmoset

Callithrix aurita

      English: Buffy-tufted-ear Marmoset

              White-eared Marmoset

      French: Marmouset à Oreilles Blances

              Oustiti à Oreilles Blanches

              Oustit Oreillard

Callithrix chrysoleucus

      English: Golden-white Tassel-ear Marmoset

Callithrix emiliae

      English: Snethlage's Marmoset

Callithrix flaviceps

      English: Buffy-headed Marmoset

              White-eared Marmoset

              White-headed Marmoset

      French: Ouistiti à Tête Jaune

Callithrix geoffroyi

      English: White-fronted Marmoset

               Geoffroy's Marmoset

               Geoffroy's Tufted-ear Marmoset

      Spanish: Tití de Caba Blanca

Callithrix humeralifera

      English:  Santarem Marmoset

               Tassel-Eared Marmoset

               Black and White Tassel-ear Marmoset

               White-Shouldered Marmoset

                Golden Marmoset

                Silky Marmoset

                 Yellow-Legged Marmoset

      French: Ouistiti à Camail

      German: Gelbschwänziges

                Silberäffchen

      Portuguese: Sahuim Branco    

Spanish: Titi de Piernas Doradas

               Titi Sedosa

      Other: Mico Bianca

Callithrix humilis

      English: Black-crowned Dwarf Marmoset

Callithrix intermedius

      English: Aripuanã Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus

      English:  Common Marmoset

               Tufted-Ear Marmoset

              White-Tufted-Ear Marmoset

Callithrix kuhlii

      English: Weid's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix leucippe

      English: Golden-white Bare-ear Marmoset

Callithrix manicorensis

      English: Manicore Marmoset

Callithrix mauesi      

English: Rio Maués Marmoset

        Maués Marmoset

Callithrix melanura

      English: Black-tailed Marmoset

Callithrix nigriceps

      English: Black-headed Marmoset

Callithrix pencillata 

English: Black-pencilled Marmoset

        Black-plumed Marmoset

        Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix saterei

      English: Sateré Marmoset

Cebuella pygmaea        

English: Pygmy Marmoset

French: Ouistiti Mignon

German: Zwergseidenäffchen

Portuguese: Saguim Leãosinho

Spanish: Titi Pigmeo

         Titi Enano

Other: Chichico

      Leoncito

Cebus albifrons albifrons

English: White-Fronted Capuchin

French: Sajou à Front Blanc

German: Weisschulteraffe

         Weisstirn-Kapuziner

Portuguese: Caiarara Branco

Spanish: Cai de Fronte Blanca

Cebus albifrons adustus

      English: Brown-faced Capuchin

Cebus albifrons aequatorialis

      English: Ecuadorian Capuchin

Cebus albifrons cesarae

Cebus albifrons cuscinus

      English: Shock-headed Capuchin

Cebus albifrons leucocephalus

Cebus albifrons malitiosus

Cebus albifrons trinitatis

      English: Trinidad White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus albifrons versicolor

      English: Varied Capuchin

Cebus albifrons yuracus

      English: Andean White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus apella apella

English: Guianan Brown Capuchin

  Brown Capuchin

  Black-Capped Capuchin

  Tufted Capuchin

  Hooded Capuchin

      French: Sajou Brun

              Sajou Noire

      German: Brauner Rollaffe

   Dickkopfkapuziner

         Gehaubter Kapuziner

         Gehörnter Kapuziner

      Portuguese: Macaco Prego

Other:      Faunaffe

      Kaai

      Cai

      Mico

      Capucijnaap

      Schmauz

      Faun 

Cebus apella fatuellus

Cebus apella macrocephalus

English: Large-headed Capuchin

Cebus apella margaritae

      English: Margarita Island Capuchin

Cebus apella peruanus

      English: Peruvian Tufted Capuchin

Cebus apella tocantinus

Cebus capucinus capucinus

English: White-faced Capuchin

         White-throated Capuchin

German: Kapuziner

Spanish: Carita Blanca

Other: Capucin-apan

      Ibarga

      Iuaruka

Cebus capucinus limitanues

Cebus capucinus imitator

      English: Panamanian White-throated Capuchin

French: Sai à Gorge Blanche  

Cebus capucinus curtus

      English: Gorgona White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus libidinosus juruanus

Cebus libidinosus libidinosus

      English: Bearded Capuchin

Cebus libidinosus pallidus

      English: Tambopata Tufted Capuchin

               Pale Capuchin

Cebus libidinosus paraguayanus

      English: Paraguayan Tufted Capuchin

Cebus nigritus cucullatus

Cebus nigritus nigritus

      English: Black-horned Capuchin

Cebus nigritus robustus

      English: Crested Capuchin

Cebus nigrivittatus    

English: Weeping Capuchin

         Weeper Capucin

French: Sajou Brun

       Sajou Sai

       Singe Musqué

       Singe Pleureur

Portuguese: Caiarara de Serra

Other: Cai Capuchino

      Chirimbabo

      Matchi

      Yurac-machin

Cebus olivaceus apiculatus

Cebus olivaceus brunneus

      English: Brown Weeper Capuchin

Cebus olivaceus castaneus

      English: Chestnut Capuchin

Cebus olivaceus kaapori

      English: Ka'apor Capuchin

  Kakapo Capuchin

Cebus olivaceus olivaceus

      English: Wedge-capped Capuchin

              Weeper Capuchin

              Weeping Capuchin

      Other: Cai Capuchino

            Mico Común (Venezuela)

Cebus xanthosternos

      English: Yellow-breasted Capuchin

Cercocebus albigenia

      English: Grey-Cheeked Mangabey

              White-Cheeked Mangabey

              Black Mangabey

              Crested Mangabey

      French: Le Mangabé à Gorge Blanche

             Cercocèbe à Gorge Blanc

      German: Mantelmangabe

               Grauwangen Mangabe

      Other: Sserwagabo

            Ngari

            Kigari

Cercocebus aterrimus

      English: Black Mangabey

              Crested Mangabey

              Peaked Mangabey

      German: Schwarze Schopfmangabe

      French: Mangabey Noir

             Le Corcocèbe Noir

Cercocebus atys

English: Sooty Mangabey

        Spectacled  Mangabey

        White-crowned Mangabey

German: Mohrenmangabe

Cercocebus galeritus   

English: Agile Mangabey

        Crested Mangabey

French: Le Mangabé ou Cercocèbe à Crête

German: Kappenmangabe

Cercocebus galeritus galeritus

      English: Tana River Mangabey

      French: Cercocèbe de la Fleuve Tana

Cercocebus galeritus sanjei

      English: Sanje Mangabey

Cercocebus torquatus   

English: Collared Mangabey

  Smoky Mangabey

        Red-capped Mangabey

        White-collared Mangabey

French: Le Mangabe Enfumé

       Mangabey à Collier Blanc

 Cercocèbe à Collier Blanc

German: Halsbandmangabe

         Rotkopfmangabe

         Weiaacheitelmangabe

Cercopithecus aethiops 

English: Green Monkey

        Vervet

        Ethiopian Grivet

        Savanna Monkey

        Grivet

German: Grünne Meerkatze

French: Cercopithèque d'Ethiopie

Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythus      

English: Vervet

Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus 

English: Grivet

Cercopithecus aethiops tantalus

English: Tantalus Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius 

English: Red-Tailed Guenon

        Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey

        White-nosed Monkey

        Redtail Monkey

French: Le Cercopithèque Ascagne

        Cercopithèque Pain-a-cacheter

German: Kongo-Weissnase

Other: Nakabugo

      Nkunga

      Nkembo

      Nkende

      Ikondo

Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti

English: Schmidt's Monkey

Cercopithecus campbelli

English: Campbell's Monkey

French: Le Mone de Campbell

Cercopithecus cephus   

English: Moustached Monkey

        Moustached Guenon

        Red-eared Guenon

French: Le Moustac

        Moustac de Buffon

German: Blaumaulkatze

         Blaumavemeerkatze

         Schnurrbartaffe

Other: Ossok

      Blaumaul

Cercopithecus denti    

English: Dent's Guenon

        Dent's Monkey

French: La Mone de Dent

Cercopithecus diana    

English: Diana Monkey

French: Cercopithèque Diane

German: Dianameerkatze

         Dianamarekatt

Cercopithecus dryas    

English: Dryas Guenon

        Dryas Monkey

Cercopithecus erythrogaster    

Afrikaans: Samangoaap

English: Red-Bellied Guenon

        Jentink's Guenon

        Red-bellied Monkey

        White-Throated Guenon

French: Le Cercopithèque à Collier Blanc

German: Rotbauchmeerkatze

          Weisskehlmeerkatze

Swahili: Kima

Cercopithecus erythrotis       

English: Russet-Eared Guenon

        Red-Eared Guenon

        Red-eared Nose-spotted Guenon

  Red-eared Monkey

French: Le Moustac à Oreilles Rousses

German: Rotnase

         Rotohr Meerkatze

Cercopithecus hamlyni  

English: Hamlyn's Guenon

  Owl-Faced Guenon

        Owl-Faced Monkey

French: Le Cercopithèque de Hamlyn

        Cercopithèque à Tête de Hibou

German: Eulenkopfmeerkatze

         Hamlynmeerkatze

         Eulenkopfaffe

Cercopithecus lhoesti  

English: L'Hoest's Guenon

        L'Hoest's Monkey

        Mountian Monkey

        Mountain Guenon

French: Cercopithèque de l'Hoest

        Cercopithèque à Barbe en Collier

German: Vollbartmeerkatze

Other: Enkende

      Nyaluasa

      Engende

      Embeya

Cercopithecus mitis    

English: Blue Monkey

        Diademed Monkey

French: Le Cercopithèque à Diadème

German: Diademmeerkatze

Swahili: Kima

Cercopithecus mitis albogularis

English: Samango Monkey

        Sykes' Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus

Cercopithecus mitis kandti

      English: Golden Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis kolbi      

English: Sykes' Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis moloneyi   

English: Moloney's Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni 

English: Stuhlmann's Monkey

Cercopithecus mona     

English: Mona Monkey

        Mona Guenon

French: Le Cercopithèque Mona

      Cercopithèque Mone

German: Monameerkatze

Other: Mammbe

      N'semgui

      Mbenge

Cercopithecus neglectus

English: De Brazza's Monkey

        De Brazza's Guenon

        Schlegel's Guenon

        Neglectus Monkey

French: Cercopithèque de Brazza

German: Brazza Meerkatze

Swahili: Kalasinga

Other: Adu

      Ebubusi

      Enyuru

      Avut

      Fum

      Avout

      Foum

      Foung

      Pounnga

      Pouhon

      Pfong

Cercopithecus nictitans

English: White-nosed Guenon

        Putty-nosed Guenon

        Hocheur Monkey

        Greater White-nosed Monkey

        Greater White-nosed Guenon

        Spot-nosed Guenon

French: Le Hocheur

        La Guenon à Nez Blanc Proéminent

        Blanc-nez

German: Grosse Weissnase

         Weissnasenmeerkatze

Cercopithecus petaurista       

English: Lesser White-Nosed Guenon

        Spot-Nosed Guenon

        Lesser Spot-Nosed Guenon

French: Le Hocheur Blanc-nez

German: Helle

          Kleine Weisnase

Cercopithecus pogonias 

English: Crowned Guenon

        Crowned Mona

        Golden-bellied Monkey

French: Cercopithèque Pogonias

German: Kronenmeerkatze

Other: Pid

      Pindi

      Koundi

      Essouna

      Poundi

      Esuma

Cercopithecus preussi  

English: Preuss's Guenon

        Cross's Guenon

Cercopithecus salongo

English: Zaire Diana Monkey

        Salongo Guenon

Cercopithecus sclateri   

English: Sclater's Guenon

Cercopithecus solatus  

English: Sun-Tailed Guenon

Cercopithecus talapoin 

English: Southern Talapoin

        Talapoin

French: Talapoin

        Singe des Paletuties

German: Zwergmeerkatze

Other: Ozem

      Mélarhine

Cercopithecus wolfi    

English: Wolf's Monkey

        Wolf's Guenon

Cheirogaleus major     

English: Greater Dwarf Lemur

French: Grand Cheirogale

        Chirogale de Milius

      German: Grosser Fettschwanzmaki

               Grosser Katzenmaki

               Milius's Katzenmaki

Malagasy: Hataka

            Tsidy

      Tsitsihy

Cheirogaleus medius    

English: Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur

   Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur

French: Le Cheirogale à Queue Grasse

  Petit Cheirogale

      German: Mittlerer Katzenmaki

    Fettschwanzmaki

Malagasy: Kely Be-ohy (Morondava region)

      Matavirambo (northwest)

      Tsidihy (far South)

       Tsidy

Chiropotes albinasus   

English: Red-nosed Saki

        White-nosed Saki

        White-nosed Bearded Saki

French: Saki à Nez Blanc

German: Weissnasenaffe

Portuguese: Guxiù de Nariz Branco

Other: Piroculù

Chiropotes satanas chiropotes

      English: Black Saki

      French: Saki Noir

Portuguese: Cuxiù Negro

Chiropotes satanas santanas    

English: Bearded Saki

        Black Bearded Saki

        Brown Bearded Saki

        Red-Backed Saki

        Saki Capuchin

        Jacketed Monkey

French: Saki Santanique

German: Judenaffe

         Satansaffe

         Schweifaffe

Portuguese: Cuxiù Comun

Spanish: Mono Capichino Judeù

Other: Kwatta Swageri

Cuxius

Chiropotes satanas utahicki

      English: Uta Hick's Bearded Saki

Colobus abyssinicus    

English: Black and White Colobus

        Guerza

        Abyssinian Guerza

        Mountain Guerza

        Western Colobus

        Pied Colobus

French: Colobe Guéréza

        Colobe à Épaules Blanches

German: Abessinischer Guerza

         Mantelaffe

         Weisschwanzguereza

         Westlicher Guerza

Swahili: Kuluzu

        Dolo

Other: Angolaguerza

      Ngeye

      Ekiremu

      Mongasiet

      Etepes

      Echu

Colobus angolensis     

Enlish: Angolan Colobus

      Angola Black and White Colobus

Colobus badius 

English: Red Colobus

        Brown Colobus

French: Le Colobe Bai

        Colobe Ferrugineux

        Colobe Fuligineux

German: Roter Stummelaffe

Other: Ekajansi

Colobus badius badius  

English: Western Red Colobus

Colobus badius temminckii

Colobus guereza

English: Guereza

        Eastern Black and White Colobus

French: Le Colobe Guerza

German: Guerza

          Seidenaffe

Swahili: Kuluzu

        Mbega

Colobus kirkii 

English: Zanzibar Red Colobus

        Kirk's Colobus

French: Colobe de Zansibar

German: Kirks Stummelaffe

Colobus pennanti       

English: West Central African Red Colobus

         Pennant's Red Colobus

Colobus polykomos      

English: Western Black-and-White Colobus

              Black and White Colobus

  King Colobus

              Pied Colobus

              Full-bottom Monkey

              Black Colobus          

      French: Le Colobe Blanc et Noir D'Afrique Occidentale

              Colobe à Camail

              Colobe Satan

              Colobe Noire

              Colobo Ourson

      German: Bärenstummelaffe

               Mantelaffe

               Weissbartsummelaffe

               Satansaffe

      Swahili: Kuluzu

               Mbega

      Other: Munyunga

            Nkomo

Colobus polykomos dollmani

Colobus preussi

English: Preuss's Red Colobus

Colobus rufomitratus   

English: East Central African Red Colobus

        Central Red Colobus

        Eastern Red Colobus

        Tana River Red Colobus

Colobus satanas

English: Black Colobus

        Satanic Colobus

Colobus tholloni

Colobus vellerosus

Colobus verus  

English: Olive Colobus

        Van Benden's Colobus

French: Le Colobe de Van Benden

        Colobe à Huppe

German: Grüner Stummelaffe

         Schopfstummelaffe

Daubentonia madagascariensis   

English: Aye-Aye

French: Aye-Aye

      German: Fingertier

Malagasy: Ahay

      Aiay

      Hai-Hai

      Hay-Hay

Erythrocebus patas     

English: Patas Monkey

        Red Monkey

        Military Monkey

French: Le Singe Rouge

        Cercopithèque Patas

German: Husarenaffe

Other: Ayom

Elwala

      Engabwar

      Akahinda

      Naggawo

Eulemur coronatus      

English: Crowned Lemur

French: Lémur Couronné

      German: Kronenmaki

Malagasy: Ankomba

      Gidro

Eulemur fulvus 

English: Brown Lemur

Eulemur fulvus albifrons       

English: White-Fronted Lemur

   White-Fronted Brown Lemur

      French: Lémur à Front Blanc

      German: Weisskopfmaki

      Malagasy: Varika

Eulemur fulvus albocollaris

      English: White-Collared Brown Lemur

      French: Maki à Fraise, Lémur à Collier Blanc

      Malagasy: Varika

Eulemur fulvus collaris

English: Collared Lemur

  Collared Brown Lemur

      French: Lémur à Collier Roux

      German: Halsbandmaki

Malagasy: Varika

Eulemur fulvus fulvus

      Comores: Komba

English: Common Brown Lemur

      French: Lémur Brun

      German: Brauner Maki

Malagasy: Dredrika (northwest)

      Varika

      Varikosy (east coast)

Eulemur fulvus rufus

      English: Red-Fronted Brown Lemur

              Rufous Brown Lemur

      French: Lémur à Front Roux

      German: Rotstirnmaki

      Malagasy: Varika

                  Varikamavo (east)

Eulemur fulvus sanfordi

English: Sanford's Lemur

  Sanford's Brown Lemur

      French: Lémur de Sanford

      German: Sanfordmaki

Malagasy: Ankomba

      Beharavoaka

Eulemur macaco 

English: Black Lemur

French: Le Maki Dimorphisme

German: Mohrenmaki

Malagasy: Akomba

            Varika

            Varikoy

Eulemur macaco flavifrons      

English: Blue-Eyed Black Lemur

 Sclater's Black Lemur

      French: Lémur Flavifrons

      German: Sclater's Mohrenmaki

Malagasy: Ankomba

      Ankomba Joby (black males)

      Ankomba Mena (red females)

Eulemur macaco macaco

      English: Black Lemur

      French: Lémur Macaco

      German: Mohrenmaki

      Malagasy: Ankomba

      Komba

Eulemur mongoz 

Comores: Komba

      English: Mongoose Lemur

      French: Lémur mongoz

      German: Mongozmaki

Malagasy: Akomba

                  Ankomba     

      Dredrika

      Gidro

Eulemur rubriventer    

English: Red-Bellied Lemur

French: Lémur à Ventre Rouge

      German: Rotbauchlemur

               Rotbauchmaki

Malagasy: Barimaso

      Soamiera

      Tongona

Euoticus elegantulus   

English: Western Needle-Nailed Bushbaby

         Western Needle-Clawed Galago

Euoticus inustus       

English: Eastern Needle-Nailed Bushbaby

Euoticus pallidus      

English: Northern Needle-Clawed Bushbaby

        Pallid Needle-Clawed Galago

Galago alleni  

English: Allen's Bushbaby

        Allen's Galago

        Black-Tailed Bushbaby

        Allen's Squirrel Galago

French: Galago d'Allen

German: Allengalago

         Buschwaldgalago

Galago crassicaudatus

      Afrikaans: Bosnaagaap

English: Thick-Tailed Galago

        Grand Galago

        Great Bushbaby

        Grey Lemur

        Rat of the Coconut Palm

      French: Galago à Queue Épaisse

              Galage à Queue Touffue

German: Riesengalago

Swahili: Komba

Other: Garila

      Komba

      Kulo Adadi

      Suikiui

Galago demidovii

      English: Dwarf Galago

              Demidoff's Galago

              Pygmy Galago

      French: Galago de Demidoff

      German: Urwaldgalago

      Swahili: Komba

      Other: Endinda

            Kanduku

Galago elegantulus

      English: Western Needle-Clawed Galago

              Needle-Nailed Galago

      French: Galago élégant

              Le Galago Mignon

      German: Westlicher Kielnagelgalago

Galago gallarum

English: Somali Bushbaby

        Somali Galago

Galago granti

      English:  Grant's Bushbaby

Galago inustus

      English: Eastern Needle-Clawed Galago

      French: Le Galago Mignon Sombre

      German: Östlicher Kielnagelgalago

Galago matschei

English: Matschie's Galago

        Spectacled Galago

Galago moholi  

English: South African Lesser Bushbaby

        South African Galago

Galago senegalensis    

Afrikaans: Nagapie

English: Lesser Bushbaby

        Lesser Galago

  Senegal Galago

French: Galago du Sénégal

German: Senegalgalago

         Steppengalago

Swahili: Komba

Galago thomasi 

English: Thomas's Galago

Galago zanzibaricus    

English: Zanzibar Galago

        Zanzibar Bushbaby

German: Sansibargalago

Galagoides demidoff    

English: Demidoff's Dwarf Galago

Gorilla gorilla beringei       

English: Mountain Gorilla

French: Gorille de Montagne

German: Berggorilla

Gorilla gorilla

English: Gorilla

French: Gorille

Swahili: Makaku

        Ngagi

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

English: Western Lowland Gorilla

German: West-Tieflandgorilla

Gorilla gorilla graueri

English: Eastern Lowland Gorilla

German: Ost-Tieflandgorilla

Hapalemur aureus       

English: Golden Bamboo Lemur

        Golden Gentle Lemur

French: Hapalémur Doré

      German: Goldener Bambuslemur

Malagasy: Bokombolomena

      Varibolomena

Hapalemur griseus      

English: Grey Bamboo Lemur

  Grey Gentle Lemur

  Grey Lemur

  Bamboo Lemur

      French: Hapalémur Gris

      German: Gauer Halbmaki

      Other: Bokombouli

Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis

      English: Alaotra Reed Lemur

   Alaotran Gentle Lemur

   Lac Alaotra Bamboo Lemur

      French: Hapalémur du Lac Alaotra

      German: Alaotra Halbmaki

      Malagasy: Bandro

Hapalemur griseus griseus

      English: Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemur

              Eastern Grey Gentle Lemur

  Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur

  Gray Bamboo Lemur

  Gray Gentle Lemur

      French: Petit Hapalémur

      German: Ostlicher Grauer Halbmaki

      Malagasy: Bokombolo

      Kotrika

Hapalemur griseus occidentalis

      English: Western Bamboo Lemur

  Western Gentle Lemur

  Western Grey Bamboo Lemur

  Western Grey Gentle Lemur

  Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur

      French: Hapalémur Occidental

      German: Westlicher Grauer Halbmaki

Malagasy: Ankomba-valiha

      Bekola

      Bokombolo

      Kofi

Hapalemur simus

English: Broad-Nosed Gentle Lemur

  Broad-Nosed Bamboo Lemur

  Greater Bamboo Lemur

  Greater Gentle Lemur

  Red Lemur

  Snub-Nosed Lemur

  Broad-Nosed Lemur

French: Grand Hapalémur

        Le Hapalémur à Nez Large

      German: Grober Halbmaki

                Grosser Halbmaki

                Breitschnauziger Halbmaki

      Malagasy: Bandro

      Varibolo

Homo sapiens  (all)

      English: Human

Hylobates agilis       

English: Agile Gibbon

  Dark-Handed Gibbon

      French: Gibbon Agile

      Other: Unka

Hylobates concolor     

English: Black Gibbon

        White-cheeked Gibbon

   Crested Gibbon

Hylobates gabriellae  

English: Buff-cheeked Gibbon

  Crested Gibbon

Hylobates hoolock      

English: Hoolock Gibbon

French: Gibbon Houlock

Spanish: Gibón Hulock

Other: Hulok

Hylobates hoolock hoolock

      English: Western Hoolock

Hylobates hoolock leuconedys

      English: Eastern Hoolock

Hylobates klossii       

English: Kloss's Gibbon

        Dwarf Siamang

        Dwarf Gibbon

        Pyggmy Gibbon

German: Zwerg-"Siamang"

Hylobates lar

English: Lar

        Common Gibbon

        White-handed Gibbon

French: Gibbon à Mains Blanches

German: Weisshändiger Gibbon

Hylobates leucogenys  

English: White-cheeked Gibbon

Hylobates moloch       

English: Silvery Gibbon

         Silver Gibbon

   Sunda Island Gibbon

         Grey Gibbon

French: Gibbon Cendré

Other: Wau Wau

Hylobates muelleri     

English: Bornean Gibbon

        Borneo Gibbon

Hylobates pileatus  

English: Pileated Gibbon

Hylobates syndactylus  

English: Siamang

Indri indri    

English: Indri

        Indris

        Short-Tailed Indris

        Dog-Faced Lemur

French: Indri

        L'Indri

      German: Indri

Malagasy: Amboanala

      Babakoto

      Endrina

Lagothrix cana cana

      English: Geoffroy's Woollly Monkey

Lagothrix cana tschudii

Lagothrix flavicauda   

English: Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey

        Hendee's Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagotricha   

English: Humboldt's Woolly Monkey

        Common Woolly Monkey

        Woolly Monkey

Other: Caparro

      Barrigudo

Lagothrix lugens

      English: Colombian Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix poeppigii

      English: Poeppig's Woolly Monkey

Lemur catta    

English: Ring-Tailed Lemur

        Cat Lemur

French: Le Lémur Catta

  Maki

  Maki Mococo

  Maque

      German: Katta

                Katzenmaki

      Malagasy: Girdo

      Hira

            Maki

            Varikia

Other: Mac

Leontopithecus caissara

      English: Black-faced Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia 

English:  Golden Lion Tamarin

        Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia chrysomela

      English: Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus rosalia chrysopygus     

English: Golden-rumped Lion Tamarin

        Black Lion Tamarin

Lepilemur dorsalis

      English: Gray-Backed Sportive Lemur

  Nosy Be Sportive Lemur

  Nosy Be Weasel Lemur

      French: Lépilémur à Dos Gris

      German: Nosy-Be-Wieselmaki

      Malagasy: Apongy

                  Fitsidiky

Lepilemur edwardsi     

English: Edward's Sportive Lemur

  Milne-Edwards' Sportive Lemur

  Milne-Edwards' Weasel Lemur

      French: Lépilémur de Milne-Edwards

      German: Edwards Wieselmaki

      Malagasy: Repahaka

      Boenga

      Boengy

Lepilemur leucopus

English: White-Footed Sportive Lemur

  White-Footed Weasel Lemur

      French: Lépilemur à Patte Blanche

      German: Weissfuss-Wieselmaki

      Malagasy: Songiky

Lepilemur microdon

English: Small-Toothed Sportive Lemur

  Small-Toothed Weasel Lemur

      French: Lépilémur au Petite Dents

      Malagasy: Trangalavaka

      Kotrika

      Fitiliky

      Hataka

      Varikosy

Lepilemur mustelinus   

English: Sportive Lemur

  Weasel Sportive Lemur

  Weasel Lemur

  Red-Tailed Sportive Lemur

      French: Lépilémur

              Lépilémur Mustélin

              Lépilémur à Queue Rouge

      German: Wieselmaki

                Rotschwanziger Wieselmaki

Malagasy: Trangalavaka

      Kotrika

      Fitiliky

      Hataka

      Varikosy

      Repahaka

      Other: Hattock

            Bohenghé

Lepilemur ruficaudatus 

English: Red-Tailed Sportive Lemur

  Red-Tailed Weasel Lemur

      French: Lépilémur à Queue Rousse

      German: Rotschwanz-Wieselmaki

Malagasy: Boenga

      Boengy (near Morondava)

Lepilemur septentrionalis

English: Northern Sportive Lemur

  Northern Weasel Lemur

      French: Lépilémur du Nord

      German: Nördlicher Wieselmaki

      Malagasy: Mahiabeala

      Songiky

Lophocebus albigena    

English: Grey-Cheeked Mangabey

Lophocebus aterrimus   

English: Black Mangabey

Loris tardigradus      

English: Slender Loris

Other: Loris Grêle

      Schlankloris

      Sherminda

      Thevangu

Macaca arctoides       

English: Stump-tailed Macaque

        Bear Macaque

        Brown Stump-tailed Macaque

German: Bärenmakak

Macaca assamensis      

English: Assamese Macaque

        Assam Macaque

        Himalayan Macaque

        Montane Rhesus

French: Macaque d'Assam

German: Assamrhesus

Macaca cyclopis

English: Taiwanese Macaque

        Taiwan Macaque

        Formosan Rock Macaque

        Formosan Macaque

French: Macaque de Formosa

German: Formosmakak

Macaca fascicularis    

English: Crab-eating Macaque

  Long-tailed Macaque

  Cynomolgus Macaque

        Java Monkey

        Kra Monkey

French: Macaque de Buffon

German: Javaneraffe

Macaca fuscata 

English: Japanese Macaque

French: Macaque à Face Rouge

German: Japanischer Makak

        Rotgesichtsmakak

Macaca maura   

English: Moor Macaque

        Heck's Macaque

French: Macaque Maure

German: Mohrenmakak

Macaca mulatta 

English: Rhesus Macaque

        Rhesus Monkey

French: Macaque Rhésus

German: Rhesus-affe

Other: Bandar

Macaca nemestrina       

English: Pig-Tailed Macaque

        Pigtail Macaque

        Giant Rhesus

French: Singe à Quere de Cochon

        Macaque Maimon

German: Löwenmakak

         Schweinsaffe

Macaca nigra   

English: Sulawesi Crested Macaque

        Celebes Ape

        Celebes Black Ape

  Celebes Crested Macaque

  Black Ape

      French: Cynopithéque Niger

      Other: Schopfipavian

Macaca ochreata

English: Booted Macaque

Macaca pagensis

English: Mentawai Macaque

Macaca radiata 

English: Bonnet Macaque

        Bonnet Monkey

French: Macaque Commun

German: Hutaffe

Macaca silenus 

English: Lion-Tailed Macaque

        Liontail Macaque

Other: Bartaffe

      Ouanderu

      Wanderu

Macaca sinica  

English: Toque Macaque

        Toque Monkey

French: Macaque Couronné

German: Ceylon-hutaffe

Macaca sylvana 

English: Barbary Macaque

        Barbary Ape

        Gibraltar Ape

        Gibraltar Macaque

French: Macaque de Barbérie

        Le Magot

        Magot Commun

German: Berberaffe

          Magot

Macaca thibetana       

English: Père David's Macaque

        Tibetan Stump-Tailed Macaque

Macaca tonkeana

English: Tonkean Macaque

Mandrillus leucophaeus 

English: Drill

French: Le Drill

German: Drill

Mandrillus sphinx      

English: Mandrill

        Rib-faced Baboon

French: Le Mandrill

German: Mandrill

Microcebus murinus     

English: Gray Mouse Lemur

        Lesser Mouse Lemur

        Miller's Mouse Lemur

French: Le Chirogale Nain

  Petit Microcèbe

  Chirogale mignon

      German: Grauer Mausmaki

   Maus Zwergmaki

   Mausmaki

      Malagasy: Kely-he-ohy

      Koitsiky

      Pondiky (Fort-Dauphin)

      Tilg

      Titilivaha

      Tsidy (north)

      Vakiandri (Morondava)

      Other: Taidy

            Tily

Microcebus myoxinus

      English: Pygmy Mouse Lemur

Microcebus ravelobensis

      English: Golden-Brown Mouse Lemur

Microcebus rufus       

English: Rufous Mouse Lemur

  Brown Mouse Lemur

  Russet Mouse Lemur

      French: Microcèbe roux

      German: Brauner Mausmaki

      Malagasy: Savoka

      Tsidy

      Tsitsidy

      Tsitsihy (east, northeast)

Microchoerus erinaceus

Microchoerus erinaceus edwardsi

Mirza coquereli

English: Coquerel's Mouse Lemur

        Coquerel's Dwarf Lemur

French: Microcèbe de Coquerel

      German: Coquerell's Katzenmaki

   Rattenmaki

Malagasy: Fitily (north of Ambanja)

      Setohy

      Siba (Morondava)

      Sietui     

      Sisiba

      Tilitilivaha

      Tsiba

      Tsitsihy

      Tsitilivaha

Nasalis larvatus       

English: Proboscis Monkey

German: Nasenaffe

Other: Kahau

Nasique

Neusaap    

Nycticebus coucang     

English: Slow Loris

French: Loris Paressuex

Other: Kukang

Oukang

Plumpori

Nycticebus coucang borneanus

Nycticebus pygameus    

English: Lesser Slow Loris

        Pygmy Slow Loris

German: Kleiner Plumpori

Otolemur crassicaudatus

English: Thick-Tailed Bushbaby

        Greater Galago

Otolemur garnettii     

English: Garnett's Galago

        Small-Eared Galago

Pan paniscus   

English: Pygmy Chimpanzee

        Bonobo

        Lesser Chimpanzee

French: Le Bonobo

  Le Chimpanzé Pygmée ou Nain

  Chimpanzé Nain

      German: Zwergschimpanse

               Swergchimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

English: Chimpanzee

        Common Chimpanzee

French: Le Chimpanzé

       Scimpanzé

German: Grossschimpanse

Swahili: Soko

        Soko Motu

Other: Tschego

      Kitera

      Ekikuya

      Ekibandu

      Kinyamusito

      Esike

      Empundu

      Mkiba

Papio cynocephalus anubis   

English: Olive Baboon

        Anubis Baboon

  Doguera Baboon

French: Papion Anubis

German: Atbarapavian

         Grauer Babuin

         Zwergpavian

Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus

English: Yellow Baboon

French: Babouin Cynocéphale

German: Gelber Babuin

Papio cynocephalus papio    

English: Guinea Baboon

        Western Baboon

French: Guinea Pavian

        Babouin de Guinée

German: Roter Pavian

Papio cynocephalus ursinus  

English: Chacma Baboon

        Pig-tailed Baboon

French:Papion Chacma

German: Barenpavian

Papio hamadryas

English: Hamadryas Baboon

        Hamadryas

        Sacred Baboon

French: Papion Hamadryas

        Hamadryas

              L'Hamadryas

      German: Mantelpavian

Perodicticus potto     

English: Potto

        Half-A-Tail

French: Le Potto de Bosman

        Pérodictique Potto

German: Potto

Other: Aposo

      Aposou

      Awan

      Iki

      Kabende

      Kikami

      Orunoleu

      Shakami

Phaner furcifer

English: Forked-Marked Dwarf Lemur

Phaner furcifer electromontis

      English: Amber Mountain Fork-Marked Lemur

French: Lémurien à Fourche de la Montagne d'Ambre

  Phaner de la Montagne d'Ambre

German: Gabelstreifenmaki

      Malagasy: Tanta

      Tantataraolana

Phaner furcifer furcifer

      English: Eastern Fork-Marked Lemur

      French: Lémurien à Fourche Oriental

  Phaner à Fourche Oriental

             Phaner Oriental

      German: Gabelstreifenmaki

      Malagasy: Tanta

      Tantaraolana

Phaner furcifer pallescens

      English: Pale Fork-Marked Lemur

      French: Lémurien à Fourche Occidental

 Phaner Occidental

      German: Gabelstreifenmaki

      Malagasy: Tanta

      Tantaraolana

      Vakivoho

Phaner furcifer parienti

      English: Pariente's Fork-Marked Lemur

      French: Lémurien à Fourche de Pariente

 Phaner de Pariente

      German: Gabelstreifenmaki

      Malagasy: Tanta

      Tantaraolana

Pithecia aequatorialis

      English: Equatorial Saki

Pithecia albicans      

English: Buffy Saki

        White Saki

Pithecia hirsuta       

English: Shaggy Saki

Pithecia irrorata irrorata

      English: Gray's Monk Saki

              Gray's Bald-faced Saki

Pithecia irrorata vanzolinii

      English: Vanzolini's Bald-faced Saki

Pithecia monachus milleri

      English: Miller's Monk Saki

Pithecia monachus monachus

English: Geoffroy's Monk Saki

French: Saki à Perruque

German: Mönchsaffe

         Zottelaffe

         Zottiger Bärenaffe

Portuguesse: Macaco Cabeludo

Other: Saki Moine

      Paraguaçu

      Paraucu

Pithecia monachus napensis

      English: Napo Monk Saki

Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala

      English: Golden-faced Saki

              Golden-headed Saki

French: Saki à Tête Dorée

Pithecia pithecia pihecia

English: White-Faced Saki

        Guianan Saki

        White-Headed Saki

        Pale-Headed Saki

        Fox-Tailed Monkey

        Bisa Monkey

        Beesa Monkey

French: Saki à Tête Blanche

German: Weisskopfaffe

         Weisskopfsaki

Other: Aliki

      Huruwe

      Wanaka

      Sakiwinki

      Waiti-Feici-Wanaku

      Black-Feici-Wanaku

      Wanaku

      Waiti-Facei

      Blaki-Facei-Wanaku

      Sacca Winki

      Wanakoe

      Yarké

      Yarqué

      Thari-ki

Pongo pygmaeus 

English: Orang-utan

Pongo pygmaeus abelii  

English: Sumatran Orang-utan

Presbytis aygula       

English: Sunda Langur

        Sunda Island Leaf Monkey

        Mitred Leaf Monkey

Presbytis comata       

English: Javan Leaf Monkey

        Grizzled Leaf Monkey

        Sunda Leaf Monkey

Presbytis cristata

      English: Silvered Langur

              Silvered Leaf Monkey

              Crested Langur

              Negro Langur

              Javan Lutung

      Other: Budeng

Presbytis entellus     

English: Sacred Langur

        Hanuman Langur

        Entellus Langur

        True Langur

Other: Hulman

      Houlemann

      Entelle

      Hoelman

      Langoor

Presbytis femoralis

      English: Banded Leaf Monkey

              Banded Langur

Presbytis francoisi

      English: François' Monkey

              François' Leaf Monkey

              Tonkinese Lutong

      German: François' Schlankaffe

      French: Semnopithèque de François

Presbytis frontata     

English: White-Faced Langur

        White-Fronted Langur

        White-Fronted Leaf Monkey

        Bald Leaf Monkey

German: Weisstirnschlankaffe

Presbytis hosei

English: Hose's Langur

        Gray Leaf Monkey

Presbytis melalophos   

English: Mitred Leaf Monkey

        Banded Leaf Monkey

German: Roter Schlankaffe

French: Semnopithèque Melalophe

Other: Simpai

      Cimepaye

Presbytis potenziani   

English: Mentawai Langur

        Mentawai Leaf Monkey

German: Mentawischlankaffe

Presbytis rubicunda    

English: Maroon Langur

        Maroon Leaf Monkey

        Red Leaf Monkey

Presbytis senex

English: Purple-Faced Langur

French: Semnopithèque Blanchâtre

German: Weissbartschlankaffe

Other: Wanderou

Presbytis thomasi      

English: Thomas's Langur

         Northern Sumatran Leaf Monkey

Propithecus diadema    

English: Diademed Sifaka

Propithecus diadema candidus

      English: Silky Sifaka

  Silky Simpona

      French: Propithèque Soyeux

      Malagasy: Simpona

      Simpony

Propithecus diadema diadema

      English: Diademed Sifaka

  Diademed Simpona

      French: Propithèque à Diadème

      German: Diademsifaka

      Malagasy: Simpona

      Simpony

Propithecus diadema edwardsi   

English: Milne-Edwards' Sifaka

  Milne-Edwards' Simpona

      French: Propithèque de Milne-Edwards

      German: Edward's Diademsifaka

Malagasy: Simpona

      Simpony

Propithecus diadema perrrieri

      English: Perrier de la Bathie's Sifaka

  Perrier's Sifaka

  Perrier's Simpona

      French: Propithèque de Perrier

      German: Schwarzer Sifaka

      Malagasy: Ankomba Job

      Radjako

Propithecus tattersalli

English: Golden-Crowned Sifaka

  Tattersall's Sifaka

      French: Propithèque de Tattersall

      German: Tattersall-Sifaka

      Malagasy: Ankomba Malandy

      Simpona

Propithecus verreauxi  

English: Verreaux's Sifaka

German: Larvenmaki

French: Le Propithèque de Verreaux

Malagasy: Sifaka

            Simpona

Propithecus verreauxi coquereli

English: Coquerel's Sifaka

French: Propithèque de Coquerel

      German: Coquerels Kronensifaka

Malagasy: Ankomba Malandy

      Sifaka

      Tsibahaka

Propithecus verreauxi coronatus

      English: Crowned Sifaka

      French: Propithèque Couronné

      German: Kappensifaka

               Kronensifaka

      Malagasy: Sifaka

      Tsibahaka

Propithecus verreauxi deckeni

      English: Decken's Sifaka

      French: Propithèque de von der Decken

      German: Decken's Kronensifaka

      Malagasy: Sifaka

                  Tsibahaka

Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi

      English: Verreaux's Sifaka

      French: Propithèque de Verreaux

      German: Kappensifaka

               Kronensifaka

      Malagasy: Sifaka

      Sifaka-avahi (dark variant)

      Sifaka-bilany (Isalo area)

Pygathrix avunculus    

English: Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkey

Pygathrix bieti

English: Brown Snub-Nosed Monkey

        Black Snub-nosed Monkey

Pygathrix brelichi     

English: Guizhou Snub-Nosed Monkey

        Brelich's Snub-Nosed Monkey

        Gray Snub-nosed Monkey

Pygathrix nemaeus      

English: Douc

        Douc Langur

        Painted Monkey

        Variegated Langur

German: Kleideraffe

French: Rhinopithèque Douc

Pygathrix nigripes     

English: Blank-Shanked Douc

Pygathrix roxellana    

English: Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

        Chinese Snub-nosed Monkey

Saguinus bicolor       

English: Bare-Faced Tamarin

  Pied Bare-face Tamarin

  Pied Tamarin

  Brazilian Bare-Faced Tamarin

French: Tamarin Bicolore

German: Manteläffchen

         Zweifarbentamarin

Portuguese: Saguim de Duas Colores

Spanish: Tamarino Bicolor

Saguinus fuscicollis avilapiresi

      English: Ávila Pires' Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis crandalli

      English: Crandall's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis cruzlimai

      English: Cruz Lima's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis fuscicollis

English: Spix's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis fuscus

      English: Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis illigeri

      English: Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis lagonotus

      English: Red-mantle Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis leucogenys

      English: Andean Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis melanoleucus

      English: White Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons

      English: Geoffroy's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis primitivus

      English: Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis weddelli

      English: Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus geoffroyi     

English: Geoffroy's Tamarin

  Rufous-Naped Tamarin

      German: Perückenäffchen

Spanish: Titi

Other: Bichichi

Saguinus graellsi      

English: Rio Napo Tamarin

        Graell's Black-mantle Tamarin

Other: Yurumuruchi

      Uxpachichico

Saguinus imperator imperator    

English: Black-chinned Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus imperator subgrisescens

      English: Bearded Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus inustus       

English: Mottle-faced Tamarin

Saguinus labiatus labiatus     

English: Red-bellied Tamarin

  Red-chested Tamarin

        Red-chested Mustached Tamarin

Saguinus labiatus rufiventer

Saguinus labiatus thomasi

      English: Thomas' Mustached Tamarin

Saguinus leucopus      

English: White-footed Tamarin

        Silvery-brown Bare-faced Tamarin

        Silvery-brown Bare-face Tamarin

Spanish: Tamarino de Manos Blancas

         Titi

Saguinus martinsi

      English: Martin's Bare-face Tamarin

Saguinus martinsi ochracues

      English: Ochraceous Bare-face Tamarin

Saguinus midas 

English: Midas Tamarin

        Red-Handed Tamarin

        Golden-Handed Tamarin

        Rufous-Handed Tamarin

        Lacépède's Tamarin

French: Tamarin aux Mains Rousses

German: Rothandäffchen

Portuguese: Saguim de Mão Ruiva

Spanish: Titi de Manos Rubias

Saguinus mystax mystax

English: Moustached Tamarin

French: Tamarin à Moustaches

German: Schnurrbartäffchen

         Weissgesichtäffchen

Portuguese: Saguim de Boca Branca

              Saguim Preto de Bigode Branco

Other: Chauim

Saguinus mystax pileatus       

English: Red-Capped Tamarin

French: Tamarin à Calotte Rousse

Spanish: Tamarino de Cabeza Roja

Saguinus mystax pluto

      English: White-rump Mustached Tamarin

Saguinus niger

      English: Black-handed Tamarin

Saguinus nigricollis nigricollis

English: Spix's Black Mantle Tamarin

  Black-Mantle Tamarin

        Black-Mantled Tamarin

        Black-and-Red Tamarin

Portuguese: Saguim

Saguinus nigricollis hernandezi

      English: Hernández-Camacho's Black Mantle Tamarin

Saguinus oedipus       

English: Cotton-top Tamarin

         Pinche Marmoset

         Cotton-Head Tamarin

         Cotton-Tops

         Liszt Monkey

French: Tamarin Pinche

German: Perückenäffchen

Spanish: Titi

Other: Bichichi

Saguinus tripartitus

      English: Golden-mantled Tamarin

              Golden-mantle Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus tamarin       

English: Negro Tamarin

French: Tamarin Nègre

German: Mohrenäffchen

Portuguese: Saguim Preto

Spanish: Titi Negro

Saguinus weddelli      

English: Weddell's Tamarin

Saimiri boliviensis

      English: Bolivian Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis

      English: Peruvian Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus

      English: Grey-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri oerstedii oerstedi

English: Black-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri sciureus albigena

Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis

      English: Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri sciureus macrodon

      English: Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri sciureus sciureus

English: Common Squirrel Monkey

        South American Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri ustus

      English: Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey

              Golden-backed Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri vanzolinii     

English: Blackish Squirrel Monkey

        Black Squirrel Monkey

        Black-crowned Squirrel Monkey

        Black-headed Squirrel Monkey

Simias concolor

      English: Pig-tailed Langur

              Pig-tailed Monkey

              Mentawi Islands Langur

              Pagi Islands Langur

      German: Pageh-Stumpfnasenaffe

Simias concolor simakobu

Tarsius bancanus       

English: Horsfield's Tarsier

        Western Tarsier

         Malaysian Tarsier

         Raffles Tarsier

Tarsius bancanus borneanus

Tarsius dianae

      English: Diana Tarsier

Tarsius pumilus

      English: Pygmy Tarsier

Tarsius spectrum       

English: Spectral Tarsier

         Palla's Tarsier

         Celebesian Tarsier

         Celebes Tarsier

         Dusky-Handed Tarsier

         Yellow-Bearded Tarsier

         Eastern Tarsier

French:  Tarsier Spectre

German: Östlicher Koboldmaki

Other: Pluimstaarte-Spookdiertje

      Podje

Tarsius syrichta       

English: Phillipine Tarsier

         Buffon's Tarsier

French: Tarsier des Philippines

German: Philippinen-Koboldmaki

Other: Amus

      Magau

      Magatilakok

      Mago

      Mal

      Malmag

Maomag

Umus

Theropithecus gelada   

English: Gelada Baboon

        Bleeding Heart Baboon

French: Le Gelada

        Théropithèque Gélada

German: Blutbrust Pavian

         Nacktbrust Pavian

Other: Dschelada

Trachypithecus auratus

English: Ebony Langur

        Javan Langur

Trachypithecus cristatus       

English: Silvered Langur

        Silvered Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus delacouri       

English: Delacour's Langur

Trachypithecus francoisi       

English: François's Langur

        François's Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus geei    

English: Golden Langur

        Golden Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus johnii  

English: Nilgiri Langur

        Hooded Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus obscura 

English: Spectacled Langur

        Dusky Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus phayrei 

English: Phayre's Langur

        Phayre's Leaf Monkey

Trachypithecus pileata 

English: Capped Langur

        Capped Leaf Monkey

Varecia variegata      

English: Ruffed Lemur

Varecia variegata rubra

      English: Red Ruffed Lemur

      French: Lémur Vari Rouge

      German: Roter Vari

      Malagasy: Varignena

                  Varimena

Varecia variegata variegata

      English: Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur

      French: Lémur Vari

      German: Schwarzweisser Vari

      Malagasy: Vari

      Varikandana

      Varikandra

      Varijatsy

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