List of primates of Africa
This is a list of African primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar. According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar).[1] In addition the list also includes the recently extinct giant lemurs and humans (Homo sapiens) on the list. Each species is listed, with its binomial name.
Strepsirrhini (É. Geoffroy, 1812)[edit]
Lorisiformes (Gregory, 1915)[edit]
Lorisoidea (Gray, 1821)[edit]
- Galagidae (Gray, 1825)
- Euoticus (Gray, 1863) - needle-clawed galagos
- Euoticus elegantulus (Le Conte, 1857) - southern needle-clawed galago
- Euoticus pallidus (Gray, 1863) - northern needle-clawed galago
- Galagoides (A. Smith, 1833) - dwarf galagos
- Galagoides thomasi (Elliot, 1907) - Thomas's galago
- Galagoides orinus (Lawrence & Washburn, 1936) - Uluguru galago
- Galagoides rondoensis (Honess, 1997) - Rondo galago
- Galagoides demidovii (G. Fischer, 1806) - Prince Demidoff's galago
- Sciurocheirus (Gray, 1872) - squirrel galagos
- Sciurocheirus gabonensis (Gray, 1863) - Gabon galago
- Sciurocheirus cameronensis (Peters, 1876) - Cross River galago
- Sciurocheirus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) - Bioko Allen's galago
- Otolemur (Coquerel, 1859) - greater bushbabies
- Otolemur garnettii (Ogilby, 1838) - northern greater galago
- Otolemur monteiri (Bartlett, 1863) - silvery greater galago
- Otolemur crassicaudatus (É Geoffroy, 1812) - brown greater galago
- Galago (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - lesser galagos
- Galago zanzibaricus (Matschie, 1893) - Zanzibar galago
- Galago granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907) - Grant's galago
- Galago matschiei (Lorenz, 1917) - dusky galago
- Galago senegalensis (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - senegal galago
- Galago nyasae (Elliot, 1907) - Malawi galago
- Galago moholi (A. Smith, 1836) - Mohol galago
- Galago gallarum (Thomas, 1901) - Somali galago
- Euoticus (Gray, 1863) - needle-clawed galagos
- Lorisidae (Gray, 1821)
- Perodicticinae (Gray, 1870)
- Arctocebus (Gray, 1863) - angwantibos
- Arctocebus calabarensis (Smith, 1860) - Calabar angwantibo
- Arctocebus aureusde (Winton, 1902) - golden angwantibo
- Pseudopotto (Schwartz, 1996)
- Pseudopotto martini (Schwartz, 1996) - false potto
- Perodicticus (Bennett, 1830)
- Perodicticus potto (Statius Müller, 1766) - potto
- Arctocebus (Gray, 1863) - angwantibos
- Perodicticinae (Gray, 1870)
Lemuriformes (Gray, 1821)[edit]
Daubentonioidea (Gray, 1863)[edit]
- Daubentoniidae (Gray, 1863)
- Daubentonia (É. Geoffroy, 1795)
- †Daubentonia robusta (Lamberton, 1935) - giant aye-aye
- Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788) - aye-aye
- Daubentonia (É. Geoffroy, 1795)
Cheirogaleoidea (Gray, 1872)[edit]
- Lepilemuridae (Gray, 1870)
- Lepilemur (I. Geoffroy, 1851) - sportive lemurs
- Lepilemur hubbardorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Hubbard's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur wrightae (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Wright's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur hollandorum (Ramaromilanto & Lei, 2008) - Holland's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur scottorum (Lei et al., 2008) - Scott's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur seali (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Seal's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur fleuretae (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Fleurete's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur jamesorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - James' sportive lemur
- Lepilemur betsileo (Louis, Jr, 2006) - betsileo sportive lemur
- Lepilemur mustelinus (I. Geoffroy, 1851) - weasel sportive lemur
- Lepilemur aeeclis (Andriaholinirina, N. et al., 2006) - Antafia sportive lemur
- Lepilemur randrianasoloi (Andriaholinirina, N. et al., 2006) - Randrianasolo's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur leucopus (Major, 1894) - white-footed sportive lemur
- Lepilemur petteri (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Petter's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur microdon (Forsyth Major, 1894) - small-toothed sportive lemur
- Lepilemur otto (Craul et al., 2007) - Otto's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur mittermeieri (Rabarivola et al., 2006) - Mittermeier's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur grewcockorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Grewcock's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur edwardsi (Forsyth Major, 1894) - Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur
- Lepilemur ruficaudatus (Grandidier, 1867) - red-tailed sportive lemur
- Lepilemur septentrionalis (Rumpler & Albignac, 1975) - northern sportive lemur
- Lepilemur dorsalis (Gray, 1870) - gray-backed sportive lemur
- Lepilemur sahamalazensis (Andriaholinirina, N. et al., 2006) - Sahamalaza sportive lemur
- Lepilemur ahmansonorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Ahmanson's sportive lemur
- Lepilemur tymerlachsonorum (Louis, Jr. et al., 2006) - Hawks' sportive lemur
- Lepilemur milanoii (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Daraina sportive lemur
- Lepilemur ankaranensis (Rumpler & Albignac, 1975) - Ankarana sportive lemur
- Lepilemur (I. Geoffroy, 1851) - sportive lemurs
- Phaneridae (Rumpler, 1974)
- Phaner (Gray, 1870) - fork-crowned lemurs
- Phaner furcifer (Blainville, 1839) - Masoala fork-crowned lemur
- Phaner parienti (Groves & Tattersall, 1991) - Pariente's fork-crowned lemur
- Phaner pallescens (Groves and Tattersall, 1991) - pale fork-crowned lemur
- Phaner electromontis (Groves and Tattersall, 1991) - Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur
- Phaner (Gray, 1870) - fork-crowned lemurs
- Cheirogaleidae (Gray, 1873)
- Allocebus (Petter-Rousseaux and Petter, 1967)
- Allocebus trichotis (Günther, 1875) - hairy-eared dwarf lemur
- Mirza (Gray, 1870) - giant mouse lemurs
- Mirza zaza (Kappeler & Roos, 2005) - northern giant mouse lemur
- Mirza coquereli (A. Grandidier, 1867) - southern giant mouse lemur
- Microcebus (É. Geoffroy, 1834) - lesser mouse lemurs
- Microcebus lehilahytsara (Roos & Kappeler, 2005) - Goodman's mouse lemur
- Microcebus berthae (Rasoloarison et al., 2000) - Madame Berthe's mouse lemur
- Microcebus ganzhorni (Hotaling et al., 2016) - Ganzhorn's mouse lemur
- Microcebus tanosi (Rasoloarison et al., 2013) - Anosy mouse lemur
- Microcebus myoxinus (Peters, 1852) - pygmy mouse lemur
- Microcebus griseorufus (Kollman, 1910) - reddish-gray mouse lemur
- Microcebus murinus (Miller, 1777) - gray mouse lemur
- Microcebus bongolavensis (Olivieri et al., 2007) - Bongolava mouse lemur
- Microcebus mamiratra (Andriantompohavana et al., 2006) - Claire's mouse lemur
- Microcebus danfossi (Olivieri et al., 2006) - Danfoss' mouse lemur
- Microcebus ravelobensis (Zimmerman et al., 1998) - golden-brown mouse lemur
- Microcebus macarthurii (Radespiel et al., 2008) - MacArthur's mouse lemur
- Microcebus tavaratra (Rasoloarison et al., 2000) - northern rufous mouse lemur
- Microcebus gerpi (Radespiel et al., 2012) - Gerp's mouse lemur
- Microcebus jollyae (Louis et al., 2006) - Jolly's mouse lemur
- Microcebus simmonsi (Louis et al., 2006) - Simmons' mouse lemur
- Microcebus mittermeieri (Louis et al., 2006) - Mittermeier's mouse lemur
- Microcebus marohita (Rasoloarison et al., 2013) - Marohita mouse lemur
- Microcebus rufus (É. Geoffroy, 1834) - brown mouse lemur
- Microcebus sambiranensis (Rasoloarison et al., 2000) - Sambirano mouse lemur
- Microcebus arnholdi (E. Louis, Jr., et al. 2008) - Arnhold's mouse lemur
- Microcebus margotmarshae (Andriantompohavana et al., 2006) - Margot Marsh's mouse lemur
- Cheirogaleus (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - greater dwarf lemurs
- Cheirogaleus minusculus (Groves, 2000) - lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur
- Cheirogaleus medius (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - fat-tailed dwarf lemur
- Cheirogaleus sibreei (Forsyth Major, 1896) - Sibree's dwarf lemur
- Cheirogaleus major (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - Geoffroy's dwarf lemur
- Cheirogaleus crossleyi (A. Grandidier, 1870) - furry-eared dwarf lemur
- Cheirogaleus lavasoensis (Thiele et al., 2013) - Lavasoa dwarf lemur
- Allocebus (Petter-Rousseaux and Petter, 1967)
Indrioidea (Burnett, 1828)[edit]
- †Archaeolemuridae (Forsyth Major, 1896)
- †Hadropithecus (Lorenz von Liburnau, 1899)
- †Hadropithecus stenognathus (Lorenz von Liburnau, 1899) - kidoky
- †Archaeolemur (Filhol, 1895) - baboon lemurs
- †Archaeolemur majori (Filhol, 1895) - Major's baboon lemur
- †Archaeolemur edwardsi (Filhol, 1895) - Milne-Edward's baboon lemur
- †Hadropithecus (Lorenz von Liburnau, 1899)
- Indriidae (Burnett, 1828)
- Avahi (Jourdan, 1834) - woolly lemurs
- Avahi mooreorum (Lei, 2008) - Moore's woolly lemur
- Avahi occidentalis (Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898) - western woolly lemur
- Avahi cleesei (Thalmann & Geissmann, 2005) - Bemaraha woolly lemur
- Avahi unicolor (Thalmann & Geissmann, 2000) - Sambirano woolly lemur
- Avahi laniger (Gmelin, 1788) - eastern woolly lemur
- Avahi betsileo (Adriantompohavana et al., 2007) - Betsileo woolly lemur
- Avahi peyrierasi (Zaramody et al., 2006) - Peyrieras's woolly lemur
- Avahi meridionalis (Zaramody et al., 2006) - southern woolly lemur
- Avahi ramanantsoavani (Zaramody et al., 2006) - Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur
- Propithecus (Bennett, 1832) - sifakas
- Propithecus coronatus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) - crowned sifaka
- Propithecus tattersalli (Simons, 1988) - golden-crowned sifaka
- Propithecus coquereli (A. Grandidier, 1867) - Coquerel's sifaka
- Propithecus deckenii (Peters, 1870) - Von der Decken's sifaka
- Propithecus verreauxi (A. Grandidier, 1867) - Verreaux's sifaka
- Propithecus candidus (A. Grandidier, 1871) - silky sifaka
- Propithecus perrieri (Lavauden, 1931) - Perrier's sifaka
- Propithecus edwardsi (A. Grandidier, 1871) - Milne-Edwards's sifaka
- Propithecus diadema (Bennett, 1832) - diademed sifaka
- Indri (É. Geoffroy & G. Cuvier, 1796)
- Indri indri (Gmelin, 1788) - indri
- Avahi (Jourdan, 1834) - woolly lemurs
- †Palaeopropithecidae (Tattersall, 1973)
- †Mesopropithecus (Standing, 1905) - gibbon lemurs
- †Mesopropithecus globiceps (Standing, 1905) - southern gibbon lemur
- †Mesopropithecus pithecoides (Standing, 1905) - central gibbon lemur
- †Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion (Standing, 1905) - northern gibbon lemur
- †Babakotia (Godfrey et al., 1990)
- †Babakotia radofilai (Godfrey et al., 1990) - babakoto
- †Archaeoindris (Standing, 1909)
- †Archaeoindris fontoynontii (Standing, 1909) - ground sloth lemur
- †Palaeopropithecus (G. Grandidier, 1899) - tree sloth lemurs
- †Palaeopropithecus maximus (Standing, 1903) - central sloth lemur
- †Palaeopropithecus ingens (G. Grandider, 1899) - tratratraztra
- †Palaeopropithecus kelyus (Gommery & al., 2009) - Kel's sloth lemur
- †Mesopropithecus (Standing, 1905) - gibbon lemurs
Lemuroidea (Gray 1821)[edit]
- †Megaladapidae (Forsyth Major, 1894)
- †Megaladapis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - koala lemurs
- †Megaladapis edwardsi (Grandidier, 1899) - Milne-Edward's koala lemur
- †Megaladapis grandidieri (Standing, 1905) - Grandidier's koala lemur
- †Megaladapis madagascariensis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - tokandia
- †Megaladapis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - koala lemurs
- Lemuridae (Gray, 1821)
- †Pachylemur (Lamberton, 1948) - giant ruffed lemurs
- †Pachylemur insignis (Filhol, 1895) - central giant ruffed lemur
- †Pachylemur jullyi (G. Grandidier, 1899) - central giant ruffed lemur
- Varecia (Gray, 1863) - ruffed lemurs
- Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - red ruffed lemur
- Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792) - black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Eulemur (Simons & Rumpler, 1988) - brown lemurs
- Eulemur coronatus (Gray, 1842) - crowned lemur
- Eulemur rubriventer (I. Geoffroy, 1850) - red-bellied lemur
- Eulemur mongoz (Linnaeus, 1766) - mongoose lemur
- Eulemur flavifrons (Gray, 1867) - blue-eyed black lemur
- Eulemur macaco (Linnaeus, 1766) - black lemur
- Eulemur cinereiceps (Grandidier & Milne-Edwards, 1890) - gray-headed lemur
- Eulemur rufifrons (Bennett, 1833) - red-fronted lemur
- Eulemur sanfordi (Archbold, 1932) - Sanford's brown lemur
- Eulemur collaris (É. Geoffroy, 1817) - collared brown lemur
- Eulemur albifrons (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - white-headed lemur
- Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - common brown lemur
- Eulemur rufus (Audebert, 1799) - red lemur
- Prolemur (Gray, 1871)
- Prolemur simus (Gray, 1871) - greater bamboo lemur
- Hapalemur (I. Geoffrey, 1851) - bamboo lemurs
- Hapalemur aureus (Meier, Albignac et al., 1987) - golden bamboo lemur
- Hapalemur occidentalis (Rumpler, 1975) - western bamboo lemur
- Hapalemur alaotrensis (Rumpler, 1975) - Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur
- Hapalemur meridionalis (Warter, et al., 1987) - southern bamboo lemur
- Hapalemur griseus (Link, 1795) - eastern bamboo lemur
- Lemur (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lemur catta (Linnaeus, 1758) - ring-tailed lemur
- †Pachylemur (Lamberton, 1948) - giant ruffed lemurs
Haplorhini (Pocock, 1918)[edit]
Simiiformes (Haeckel, 1866)[edit]
Cercopithecoidea (Gray, 1821)[edit]
- Colobidae (Jerdon, 1867)
- Procolobus (Rochebrune, 1877)
- Procolobus verus (van Beneden, 1838) - olive colobus
- Piliocolobus (Rochebrune, 1877) - red colossuses
- Piliocolobus rufomitratus (Peters, 1879) - Tana River red colobus
- Piliocolobus preussi (Matschie, 1900) - Preuss's red colobus
- Piliocolobus epieni (Grubb & Powell, 1999) - Niger Delta red colobus
- Piliocolobus badius (Kerr, 1792) - western red colobus
- Piliocolobus pennantii (Waterhouse, 1838) - Pennant's colobus
- Piliocolobus tephrosceles (Elliot, 1907) - Ugandan red colobus
- Piliocolobus kirkii (Gray, 1868) - Zanzibar red colobus
- Piliocolobus gordonorum (Matschie, 1900) - Udzungwa red colobus
- Piliocolobus foai (de Pousargues, 1899) - Central African red colobus
- Piliocolobus tholloni (Milne-Edwards, 1886) - Thollon's red colobus
- Colobus (Illiger, 1811) - black-and-white colossuses
- Colobus satanas (Waterhouse, 1838) - black colobus
- Colobus angolensis (P. Sclater, 1860) - Angola colobus
- Colobus guereza (Rüppell, 1835) - mantled guereza
- Colobus vellerosus (I. Geoffroy, 1834) - white-thighed colobus
- Colobus polykomos (Zimmermann, 1780) - king colobus
- Procolobus (Rochebrune, 1877)
- Cercopithecidae (Gray, 1821)
- Papioninae (Groves, 1989)
- Macaca (Lacépède, 1799) - macaques
- Macaca sylvanus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Barbary macaque
- Lophocebus (Palmer, 1903) - crested mangabeys
- Lophocebus johnstoni (Lydekker, 1900) - Johnston's mangabey
- Lophocebus osmani (Groves, 1978) - Osman Hill's mangabey
- Lophocebus aterrimus (Oudemans, 1890) - black crested mangabey
- Lophocebus ugandae (Matschie, 1912) - Uganda mangabey
- Lophocebus albigena (Gray, 1850) - grey-cheeked mangabey
- Lophocebus opdenboschi (Scouteden, 1944) - Opdenbosch's mangabey
- Theropithecus (I. Geoffroy, 1843)
- Theropithecus gelada (Rüppell, 1835) - gelada
- Mandrillus (Ritgen, 1824) - forest baboons
- Cercocebus (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - white-eyelid mangabeys
- Cercocebus sanjei (Mittermeier, 1986) - Sanje mangabey
- Cercocebus galeritus (Peters, 1879) - Tana River mangabey
- Cercocebus chrysogaster (Lydekker, 1900) - golden-bellied mangabey
- Cercocebus agilis (Milne-Edwards, 1886) - agile mangabey
- Cercocebus atys (Audebert, 1797) - sooty mangabey
- Cercocebus torquatus (Kerr, 1792) - collared mangabey
- Rungwecebus (Davenport, 2006)
- Rungwecebus kipunji (Jones et al., 2005) - kipunji
- Papio (Erxleben, 1777) - savannah baboons
- Papio papio (Desmarest, 1820) - guinea baboon
- Papio ursinus (Kerr, 1792) - chacma baboon
- Papio cynocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) - yellow baboon
- Papio hamadryas (Linnaeus, 1758) - hamadryas baboon
- Papio anubis (Lesson, 1827) - olive baboon
- Macaca (Lacépède, 1799) - macaques
- Cercopithecinae (Gray, 1821)
- Allenopithecus (Lang, 1923)
- Allenopithecus nigroviridis (Pocock, 1907) - Allen's swamp monkey
- Miopithecus (I. Geoffroy, 1842) - talapoins
- Miopithecus ogouensis (Kingdon, 1997) - Gabon talapoin
- Miopithecus talapoin (Schreber, 1774) - Angolan talapoin
Vervet Monkey in Uganda
- Chlorocebus (Gray, 1870) - savanna guenons
- Chlorocebus tantalus (Ogilby, 1841) - tantalus guenon
- Chlorocebus cynosuros (Scopoli, 1786) - Malbrouck guenon
- Chlorocebus djamdjamensis (Neumann, 1902) - Bale Mountains guenon
- Chlorocebus aethiops (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grivet
- Chlorocebus pygerythrus (F. Cuvier, 1821) - vervet monkey
- Chlorocebus sabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) - green monkey
- Erythrocebus (Trouessart, 1897)
- Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775) - patas monkey
- Cercopithecus (Linnaeus, 1758) - forest guenons
- Cercopithecus solatus (M. J. S. Harrison, 1988) - sun-tailed guenon
- Cercopithecus preussi (Matschie, 1898) - Preuss's monkey
- Cercopithecus lhoesti (P. Sclater, 1899) - L'Hoest's monkey
- Cercopithecus hamlyni (Pocock, 1907) - Hamlyn's monkey
- Cercopithecus lomamiensis (Hart et al., 2012) - lesula
- Cercopithecus neglectus (Schlegel, 1876) - De Brazza's monkey
- Cercopithecus pogonias (Bennett, 1833) - crested mona monkey
- Cercopithecus denti (Thomas, 1907) - Dent's mona monkey
- Cercopithecus wolfi (Meyer, 1891) - Wolf's mona monkey
- Cercopithecus mona (Schreber, 1774) - mona monkey
- Cercopithecus lowei (Thomas, 1923) - Lowe's mona monkey
- Cercopithecus campbelli (Waterhouse, 1838) - Campbell's mona monkey
- Cercopithecus dryas (Schwarz, 1932) - Dryas monkey
- Cercopithecus roloway (Schreber, 1774) - roloway monkey
- Cercopithecus diana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Diana monkey
- Cercopithecus nictitans (Linnaeus, 1766) - greater spot-nosed monkey
- Cercopithecus albogularis (Sykes, 1831) - Sykes' monkey
- Cercopithecus mitis (Wolf, 1822) - blue monkey
- Cercopithecus doggetti (Pocock, 1907) - silver monkey
- Cercopithecus kandti (Matschie, 1905) - golden monkey
- Cercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774) - lesser spot-nosed guenon
- Cercopithecus erythrotis (Waterhouse, 1838) - red-eared guenon
- Cercopithecus cephus (Linnaeus, 1758) - moustached guenon
- Cercopithecus ascanius (Audebert, 1799) - red-tailed guenon
- Cercopithecus sclateri (Pocock, 1904) - Sclater's guenon
- Cercopithecus erythrogaster (Gray, 1866) - white-throated guenon
- Allenopithecus (Lang, 1923)
- Papioninae (Groves, 1989)
Hominoidea (Gray, 1825)[edit]
- Hominidae (Gray, 1825)
- Gorilla (I. Geoffroy, 1852)
- Gorilla beringei (Matschie, 1903) - eastern gorilla
- Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) - Western gorilla
- Pan (Oken, 1816)
- Pan paniscus (Schwarz, 1929) - bonobo
- Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach, 1776) - Chimpanzee
- Homo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Homo sapiens (Linnaeus, 1758) - human
- Gorilla (I. Geoffroy, 1852)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Garbutt, N. (2007). Mammals of Madagascar: A Complete Guide. Yale University Press.
- Haltenorth, T., & Diller, H. (1980). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Africa including Madagascar.
- Kingdon, J., Happold, D., Butynski, T., Hoffmann, M., Happold, M., & Kalina, J. (2013). Mammals of Africa (Vol. 2). A&C Black.
- Petter, J. J., & Desbordes, F. (2013). Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide. Princeton University Press.
- Nowak, R. M. (1999). Walker's Primates of the World. JHU Press.