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)[]

Lorisiformes (Gregory, 1915)[]

Lorisoidea (Gray, 1821)[]

Potto (Perodicticus potto)

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
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

Lemuriformes (Gray, 1821)[]

Daubentonioidea (Gray, 1863)[]

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

Daubentoniidae (Gray, 1863)
- Daubentonia (É. Geoffroy, 1795)
  - †Daubentonia robusta (Lamberton, 1935) - giant aye-aye
  - Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788) - aye-aye

Cheirogaleoidea (Gray, 1872)[]

Geoffroy's dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus major)

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
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
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

(Burnett, 1828)[]

Indri (Indri indri)

†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
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
†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

Lemuroidea (Gray 1821)[]

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

†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
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

Haplorrhini (Pocock, 1918)[]

Simiiformes (Haeckel, 1866)[]

Cercopithecoidea (Gray, 1821)[]

Diana Guenon (Cercopithecus diana)

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
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
    - Mandrillus leucophaeus (F. Cuvier, 1807) - drill
    - Mandrillus sphinx (Linnaeus, 1758) - mandrill
  - 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
- 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
  - 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

Hominoidea (Gray, 1825)[]

Human (Homo sapiens)

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

References[]

^ "Primates-SG - Primate Diversity by Region".

External links[]

[1] "Primates-SG - Primate Diversity by Region".

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