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The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primate
Primate

A primate is a member of the biological order Primates , the group that contains lemurs, the Aye-aye, Lorisidaes, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes, with the last category including humans....
s, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade
Clade

A clade is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil organisms, to describe a monophyletic group, defined as a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants.The term "monophyletic group" is used in this article in the conventional sense of "an a...
 Catarrhini
Catarrhini

Catarrhini is a parvorder of the Primates, one of the three major divisions of the suborder Haplorrhini. It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes ....
. The Old World monkeys are native to Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 today, inhabiting a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna
Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a tropical, subtropical or temperate woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the Canopy does not close....
, scrubland
Scrubland

Scrubland is a plant community characterized by scrub vegetation. Scrubland consists of shrubs, mixed with grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Scrublands may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity....
, and mountainous terrain, and are also known from Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 in the fossil record. However, a (possibly introduced) free-roaming group of monkeys still survives
Gibraltar Barbary Macaques

The Barbary Macaque population in Gibraltar is the last in the whole of the European continent, which, unlike that of North Africa, is thriving....
 in Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
 (Europe) to this day.






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The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primate
Primate

A primate is a member of the biological order Primates , the group that contains lemurs, the Aye-aye, Lorisidaes, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes, with the last category including humans....
s, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade
Clade

A clade is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil organisms, to describe a monophyletic group, defined as a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants.The term "monophyletic group" is used in this article in the conventional sense of "an a...
 Catarrhini
Catarrhini

Catarrhini is a parvorder of the Primates, one of the three major divisions of the suborder Haplorrhini. It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes ....
. The Old World monkeys are native to Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 and Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
 today, inhabiting a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna
Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a tropical, subtropical or temperate woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the Canopy does not close....
, scrubland
Scrubland

Scrubland is a plant community characterized by scrub vegetation. Scrubland consists of shrubs, mixed with grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Scrublands may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity....
, and mountainous terrain, and are also known from Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 in the fossil record. However, a (possibly introduced) free-roaming group of monkeys still survives
Gibraltar Barbary Macaques

The Barbary Macaque population in Gibraltar is the last in the whole of the European continent, which, unlike that of North Africa, is thriving....
 in Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
 (Europe) to this day. They include many of the most familiar species of non-human primates such as baboon
Baboon

Baboons are African Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the Mandrill and the Drill are larger....
s and macaque
Macaque

The macaques constitute a genus of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. Aside from humans , the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan....
s.

Characteristics

Old World monkeys are medium to large in size, and range from arboreal
Arboreal

Arboreal is a word meaning "related to or resembling trees". Its meaning comes from the Latin arbor, meaning tree.In biology, an arboreal animal is one which inhabits or spends large amounts of time in trees or Shrubes....
 forms, such as the colobus monkeys, to fully terrestrial forms, such as the baboons. The smallest is the Talapoin
Talapoin

Talapoins are the two species of Old World monkeys classified in genus Miopithecus. They live in central Africa and their range extends from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola....
, with a head and body 34-37 cm in length, and weighing between 0.7 and 1.3 kilograms, while the largest is the male Mandrill
Mandrill

The Mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Drill . Both the Mandrill and the Drill were once classified as baboons in genus Baboon, but recent research has determined that they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus....
 (the females of the species being significantly smaller), at around 70 cm in length, and weighing up to 50 kilograms.

From the point of view of superficial appearance, Old World monkeys are unlike ape
Ape

An ape is any member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates. In less scientific language, it has various meanings, although it often excludes humans....
s in that most have tails (the family name means "tailed ape"), and unlike the New World monkeys in that their tails are never prehensile
Prehensile tail

A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has Adaptation to be able to grasp and/or hold objects. Fully prehensile tails can be used to hold and manipulate objects, and in particular to aid arboreal creatures in finding and eating food in the trees....
. Technically, the distinction of catarrhines from platyrrhines depends on the structure of the nose, and the distinction of Old World monkeys from apes depends on dentition
Dentition

Dentition is the tooth development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.All mammals except the monotremes, the xenarthrans, the pangolins, and the cetaceans have up to four distinct types of teeth, with a maximum number for each....
. In platyrrhines the nostrils face sideways, whilst in catarrhines, they face downwards. Other distinctions include both a tubular ectotympanic (ear bone), and eight, not twelve, premolars in catarrhines, giving them a dental formula
Dentition

Dentition is the tooth development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.All mammals except the monotremes, the xenarthrans, the pangolins, and the cetaceans have up to four distinct types of teeth, with a maximum number for each....
 of:

Several Old World monkeys have anatomical oddities. The colobus monkeys have a stub for a thumb to assist with their arboreal movement; the Proboscis Monkey
Proboscis Monkey

The Proboscis Monkey is also known as the Monyet Belanda in Malay language, the Bekantan in Indonesian language or simply the Long-nosed Monkey....
 has an extraordinary nose while the snub-nosed monkey
Snub-nosed monkey

The snub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Rhinopithecus. The genus occurs rarely, and needs much more research....
s have almost no nose at all; the penis
Penis

The penis is an external sex organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates.The penis is a reproductive organ, technically an intromittent organ, and for Eutheria, additionally serves as the external organ of urination....
 of the male Mandrill is colored red and the scrotum
Scrotum

In some male mammals the scrotum is a protuberance of skin and muscle containing the testicles. It is an extension of the abdomen, and is located between the penis and anus....
 has a lilac
Lilac (color)

Lilac is a color that is a pale shade of Violet . It might also be described as light purple. The actual color of the flower of some Lilac flowers is a much deeper color, equivalent to the color shown below as deep lilac....
 color, while the face also has bright coloration like the genitalia and this develops in only the dominant male of a multi-male group.

Most Old World monkeys are at least partially omnivorous
Omnivore

Omnivores are species that eating both plants and animals as their primary food source. They are opportunistic, general feeders not specifically adapted to eat and digest either meat or plant material exclusively....
, but all prefer plant matter, which forms the bulk of their diet. Leaf monkeys
Colobinae

Colobinae is a family of the Old World monkey family that includes 58 species in 10 genus, including the skunk-like black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed Proboscis Monkey, and the gray langurs, sacred to India....
 are the most vegetarian, subsisting primarily on leaves, and eating only a small number of insects, while the other species are highly opportunistic, primarily eating fruit, but also consuming almost any food items available, such as flowers, leaves, bulbs and rhizome
Rhizome

In botany, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal plant stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes....
s, insects, snails, and even small vertebrates.

Gestation
Gestation

Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal. Mammals during mammalian pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time ....
 in the Old World monkeys lasts between five and seven months. Births are usually single, although, as with humans, twin births do also occur from time to time. The young are born relatively well developed, and are able to cling onto their mother's fur with their hands from birth. Compared with most other mammals, they take a long time to reach sexual maturity, with four to six years being typical of most species.

In most species, daughters remain with their mothers for life, so that the basic social group among Old World monkeys is a matrilineal
Matrilineality

Matrilineality is a system in which lineage is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors.A matriline is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a Kinship in which the individuals in all intervening generations are female....
 troop. Males leave the group on reaching adolescence, and find a new troop to join. In many species, only a single adult male lives with each group, driving off all rivals, but others are more tolerant, establishing hierarchical relationships between dominant and subordinate males. Group sizes are highly variable, even within species, depending on the availability of food and other resources.

Classification

Two subfamilies are recognised, the Cercopithecinae
Cercopithecinae

The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, that includes in its roughly 71 species the baboons, the macaques and the vervet monkeys....
, which are mainly Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n but include the diverse genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of macaque
Macaque

The macaques constitute a genus of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. Aside from humans , the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan....
s which are Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
n and North Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n, and the Colobinae
Colobinae

Colobinae is a family of the Old World monkey family that includes 58 species in 10 genus, including the skunk-like black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed Proboscis Monkey, and the gray langurs, sacred to India....
, which includes most of the Asian genera but also the African colobus monkeys.

  • Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
    • Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
      • Subfamily Cercopithecinae
        Cercopithecinae

        The Cercopithecinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkeys, that includes in its roughly 71 species the baboons, the macaques and the vervet monkeys....
        • Tribe Cercopithecini
          Cercopithecini

          Cercopithecini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several monkey species, including the Chlorocebuss, talapoins and the guenons....
          • Genus Allenopithecus
            Allen's Swamp Monkey

            Allen's Swamp Monkey is the primate species that is categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus in the Old World monkey family. Systematically it is a sister clade to the guenons but differs in dentition and habits....
            • Allen's Swamp Monkey
              Allen's Swamp Monkey

              Allen's Swamp Monkey is the primate species that is categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus in the Old World monkey family. Systematically it is a sister clade to the guenons but differs in dentition and habits....
              , Allenopithecus nigroviridis
          • Genus Miopithecus
            • Angolan Talapoin
              Angolan Talapoin

              The Angolan Talapoin , also known as the Southern Talapoin, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in riparian habitats in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
              , Miopithecus talapoin
            • Gabon Talapoin
              Gabon Talapoin

              The Gabon Talapoin , also known as the Northern Talapoin, is a small species of African monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in riparian habitats in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Central African Republic, western Republic of the Congo and far northern Angola ....
              , Miopithecus ogouensis
          • Genus Erythrocebus
            Patas Monkey

            The Patas Monkey is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over West Africa, and into East Africa. It is the only species Scientific classification in the genus Erythrocebus....
            • Patas Monkey
              Patas Monkey

              The Patas Monkey is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over West Africa, and into East Africa. It is the only species Scientific classification in the genus Erythrocebus....
              , Erythrocebus patas
          • Genus Chlorocebus
            Chlorocebus

            The vervet monkeys or green monkeys are medium-sized primates from the family of Old World monkeys. There are six species currently recognized, although some classify them all as a single species with numerous subspecies....
            • Green Monkey
              Green Monkey

              The Green Monkey , also known as the Callithrix Monkey, is an Old World monkey with golden-green fur and pale hands and feet. The tip of the tail is golden yellow as are the backs of the thighs and cheek whiskers....
              , Chlorocebus sabaeus
            • Grivet
              Grivet

              The Grivet is an Old World monkey with long white tufts of hair along the sides of the face. Some authorities consider this and all of the members of the genus Chlorocebus to be a single species, Cercopithecus aethiops....
              , Chlorocebus aethiops
            • Bale Mountains Vervet
              Bale Mountains Vervet

              The Bale Mountains Vervet is a Terrestrial animal Old World monkey endemism to Ethiopia. It was originally described as a subspecies of the Grivet . All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus....
              , Chlorocebus djamdjamensis
            • Tantalus Monkey
              Tantalus Monkey

              The Tantalus Monkey is an Old World monkey endemism to Ghana, Sudan, and Kenya. It was originally described as a subspecies of the Grivet . All species in Chlorocebus were formerly in the genus Cercopithecus....
              , Chlorocebus tantalus
            • Vervet Monkey
              Vervet Monkey

              The Vervet Monkey, sometimes simply known as the Vervet, is the common name of the species Chlorocebus pygerythrus, an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae....
              , Chlorocebus pygerythrus
            • Malbrouck
              Malbrouck

              The Malbrouck is an arboreal African primate belonging to the genus of green monkeys . The species is sometimes classified as a subspecies of the Vervet Monkey , or considered a subspecies of a widespread Grivet....
              , Chlorocebus cynosuros
          • Genus Cercopithecus
            • Dryas Monkey
              Dryas Monkey

              The Dryas Monkey , also known as Salonga Monkey or Ntolu, is a little-known species of guenon found only in the Congo Basin, restricted to the left bank of the Congo River....
               or Salongo Monkey, Cercopithecus dryas
            • Diana Monkey
              Diana Monkey

              The Diana Monkey is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to C?te d'Ivoire. Two taxa formerly considered subspecies of the Diana Monkey have recently been elevated to full species status; the Roloway Monkey is found in C?te d'Ivoire and Ghana, and the Dryas Monkey found in the Congo Republic....
              , Cercopithecus diana
            • Roloway Monkey
              Roloway Monkey

              The Roloway Monkey is a species of Old World monkey found in a small area of eastern C?te d'Ivoire and the forests of Ghana, between the Sassandra River and Pra River s....
              , Cercopithecus roloway
            • Greater Spot-nosed Monkey
              Greater Spot-nosed Monkey

              The Greater Spot-nosed Monkey or Putty-nosed monkey is one of the smallest Old World monkeys. It is a guenon of the blue monkey group, native to West Africa and living to some extent in rain forests but more often in the transition zone between rain forest and savannah....
              , Cercopithecus nictitans
            • Blue Monkey
              Blue Monkey

              The Blue Monkey or Diademed Monkey is a species of guenon native to Central Africa and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the Great Rift Valley and south to northern Angola and Zambia....
              , Cercopithecus mitis
            • Silver Monkey
              Silver Monkey

              The Silver Monkey is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
              , Cercopithecus doggetti
            • Golden Monkey
              Golden Monkey

              The Golden Monkey is a species of Old World monkey found in the Virunga Mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes National Park, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga National Park and Kahuzi-Bi?ga National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo....
              , Cercopithecus kandti
            • Sykes's Monkey, Cercopithecus albogularis
            • Mona Monkey
              Mona Monkey

              The Mona Monkey is an Old World monkey that lives throughout western Africa. The Mona Monkey can also be found on the island of Grenada as it was transported to the island aboard slave ships headed to the New World during the 18th century....
              , Cercopithecus mona
            • Campbell's Mona Monkey
              Campbell's Mona Monkey

              Campbell's Mona Monkey , also known as Campbell's Guenon and Campbell's Monkey, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Cercopithecus campbelli
            • Lowe's Mona Monkey
              Lowe's Mona Monkey

              Lowe's Mona Monkey is an Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found from the Ivory Coast to Ghana. It was previously classified as a subspecies of Campbell's Mona Monkey C. campbelli....
              , Cercopithecus lowei
            • Crested Mona Monkey
              Crested Mona Monkey

              The Crested Mona Monkey , also known as the Crowned Guenon, Crowned Monkey, Golden-bellied Guenon, or Golden-bellied Monkey, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Cercopithecus pogonias
            • Wolf's Mona Monkey
              Wolf's Mona Monkey

              The Wolf's Mona Monkey , also called Wolf's Guenon, is a colorful Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in central Africa, primarily between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda....
              , Cercopithecus wolfi
            • Dent's Mona Monkey
              Dent's Mona Monkey

              Dent's Mona Monkey is an Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Uganda, and the Central African Republic....
              , Cercopithecus denti
            • Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
              Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

              The Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey, Lesser White-nosed Guenon, or Lesser White-nosed Monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Cercopithecus petaurista
            • White-throated Guenon
              White-throated Guenon

              The White-throated Guenon , also known as the Red-bellied Monkey and the Red-bellied Guenon, is a diurnal animal primate that lives on trees of rainforests or tropical areas of Nigeria and Benin....
              , Cercopithecus erythrogaster
            • Sclater's Guenon
              Sclater's Guenon

              Sclater's Guenon , also known as Sclater's Monkey and the Nigerian Monkey, is an Old World monkey that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1904 and named after Philip Sclater....
              , Cercopithecus sclateri
            • Red-eared Guenon
              Red-eared Guenon

              The Red-eared Guenon, Red-eared Monkey, or Russet-eared Guenon is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria....
              , Cercopithecus erythrotis
            • Moustached Guenon
              Moustached Guenon

              The Moustached Guenon or Moustached Monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon....
              , Cercopithecus cephus
            • Red-tailed Monkey
              Red-tailed Monkey

              The Red-tailed Monkey, Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey, Red-tailed Guenon, Redtail Monkey, or Schmidt's Guenon is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Cercopithecus ascanius
            • L'Hoest's Monkey
              L'Hoest's Monkey

              L'Hoest's Monkey , or Mountain Monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups....
              , Cercopithecus lhoesti
            • Preuss's Monkey
              Preuss's Monkey

              Preuss's Monkey , also known as Preuss's Guenon, is a diurnal animal primate that lives terrestrial animal ly in mountainous forests of eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko in Equatorial Guinea....
              , Cercopithecus preussi
            • Sun-tailed Monkey
              Sun-tailed Monkey

              The Sun-tailed Monkey , also known as the Sun-tailed Guenon, is a primate that lives semi-terrestrial animal ly in one hilly area of moist evergreen forest in Gabon....
              , Cercopithecus solatus
            • Hamlyn's Monkey
              Hamlyn's Monkey

              Hamlyn's Monkey , also known as the Owl-faced Monkey, is a species of Old World monkey that inhabits the bamboo and primary rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo....
              , Cercopithecus hamlyni
            • De Brazza's Monkey
              De Brazza's Monkey

              De Brazza's Monkey is an Old World monkey that gets its name from French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. Locally known as swamp monkeys, they are often found in wetlands in central Africa....
              , Cercopithecus neglectus
        • Tribe Papionini
          Papionini

          Papionini is a tribe of Old World monkey that includes several large monkey species, including the macaques, baboons and the Mandrill....
          • Genus Macaca
            Macaque

            The macaques constitute a genus of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. Aside from humans , the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan....
            • Barbary Macaque
              Barbary Macaque

              The Barbary Macaque is a macaque with only a stub of a tail. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, possibly Introduced species, population in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species....
              , Macaca sylvanus
            • Lion-tailed Macaque
              Lion-tailed Macaque

              The Lion-tailed Macaque is an Old World monkey that lives only in the Western Ghats of South India....
              , Macaca silenus
            • Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
              Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

              The Southern Pig-tailed Macaque is a medium-sized Old World monkey found in the southern half of the Thai-Malay Peninsula , Borneo, Sumatra and Bangka Island....
               or Beruk, Macaca nemestrina
            • Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
              Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

              The Northern Pig-tailed Macaque is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....
              , Macaca leonina
            • Pagai Island Macaque
              Pagai Island Macaque

              The Pagai Island Macaque , also known as the Pagai Macaque or Bokkoi, is an Old World monkey that is Endemism to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra....
               or Bokkoi, Macaca pagensis
            • Siberut Macaque
              Siberut Macaque

              The Siberut Macaque is a Vulnerable species species of macaque, which is Endemism to Siberut Island in Indonesia. It was formerly considered conspecific with Macaca pagensis , but this arrangement is polyphyletic....
              , Macaca siberu
            • Moor Macaque
              Moor Macaque

              The Moor Macaque is an macaque with brown/black body fur with a pale rump patch and pink bare skin on the rump. It is about 50-58.5cm and eats figs, bamboo seeds, buds, sprouts, invertebrates and cereals in tropical rainforests....
              , Macaca maura
            • Booted Macaque
              Booted Macaque

              The Booted Macaque is a macaque of the Sulawesi island, Indonesia. This Old World monkey is diurnal animal and spends most of the day in the trees....
              , Macaca ochreata
            • Tonkean Macaque
              Tonkean Macaque

              The Tonkean Black Macaque or Tonkean Macaque is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to central Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands in Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
              , Macaca tonkeana
            • Heck's Macaque
              Heck's Macaque

              Heck's Macaque is a macaque of the Sulawesi island, Indonesia. This Old World monkey is diurnal animal.Heck's Macaque feeds on fruits....
              , Macaca hecki
            • Gorontalo Macaque
              Gorontalo Macaque

              The Dumoga-bone Macaque or Gorontalo Macaque is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family.It is Endemism to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia....
              , Macaca nigrescens
            • Celebes Crested Macaque
              Celebes Crested Macaque

              The Celebes Crested Macaque , also known as the Crested Black Macaque, Sulawesi Crested Macaque, or the Black "Ape", is an Old World monkey that lives in the northeast of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi as well as on smaller neighboring islands....
               or Black "Ape", Macaca nigra
            • Crab-eating Macaque
              Crab-eating Macaque

              The Crab-eating Macaque is a primarily arboreal macaque native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the Cynomolgus Monkey, Philippine Monkey and the Long-tailed Macaque....
               or Long-tailed Macaque or Kera, Macaca fascicularis
            • Stump-tailed Macaque
              Stump-tailed Macaque

              The Stump-tailed Macaque , also called the Bear Macaque, is a species of macaque found in Southern Asia. It is primarily Frugivore, with its diet mostly consisting of fruits....
               or Bear Macaque, Macaca arctoides
            • Rhesus Macaque
              Rhesus Macaque

              The Rhesus Macaque , often called the Rhesus Monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys.Adult males measure approximately 53 centimeters on average and weigh an average of 7.7 kilograms....
              , Macaca mulatta
            • Formosan Rock Macaque
              Formosan Rock Macaque

              The Formosan Rock Macaque is a macaque living in Taiwan and has been introduced to Japan. This Old World monkey is a diurnal animal.It is 40-55 cm long plus a tail of 26-45 cm and weighs 4-8 kg....
              , Macaca cyclopis
            • Japanese Macaque
              Japanese Macaque

              The Japanese Macaque , also known as the Snow Monkey, is a terrestrial Old World monkey species native to Japan, although an introduced free-ranging population has been living near Laredo, Texas since 1972....
              , Macaca fuscata
            • Toque Macaque
              Toque Macaque

              The Toque Macaque is a reddish-brown coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is locally known as the 'Rilewa' . It is named for the Toque shaped whorl of hair on its head, rather like the bonnet of the related Bonnet Macaque....
              , Macaca sinica
            • Bonnet Macaque
              Bonnet Macaque

              The Bonnet Macaque is a macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by Indian Ocean on three sides and Godavari and Tapti River along with a related competing species of Rhesus Macaque in the north....
              , Macaca radiata
            • Assam Macaque
              Assam Macaque

              The Assam Macaque is a macaque lives throughout much of southern and southeast Asia, including India, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand and southern China....
              , Macaca assamensis
            • Tibetan Macaque
              Tibetan Macaque

              The Tibetan Macaque , also known as the Chinese Stump-tailed Macaque or Milne-Edwards' Macaque, is found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China and has recently been reported from north-eastern India....
               or Milne-Edwards' Macaque, Macaca thibetana
            • Arunachal Macaque
              Arunachal Macaque

              The Arunachal Macaque , a relatively large brown primate with a comparatively short tail, is a macaque native to Arunachal Pradesh in North-east India....
               or Munzala, Macaca munzala
          • Genus Lophocebus
            • Grey-cheeked Mangabey
              Grey-cheeked Mangabey

              The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. They range from Cameroon down to Gabon. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is a dark monkey, looking in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon....
              , Lophocebus albigena
            • Black Crested Mangabey
              Black Crested Mangabey

              The Black Crested Mangabey or Black Mangabey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo....
              , Lophocebus aterrimus
            • Opdenbosch's Mangabey
              Opdenbosch's Mangabey

              'Opdenbosch?s Mangabey' is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Black Crested Mangabey, L....
              , Lophocebus opdenboschi
            • Uganda Mangabey
              Uganda Mangabey

              The Uganda Mangabey is a species of Old World monkey found only in Uganda. This crested mangabey was previously thought to be just be a population of the Grey-cheeked Mangabey ....
              , Lophocebus ugandae
            • Johnston's Mangabey
              Johnston's Mangabey

              Johnston?s Mangabey is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Gray-Cheeked Mangabey, L. albigena....
              , Lophocebus johnstoni
            • Osman Hill's Mangabey
              Osman Hill's Mangabey

              Osman Hill?s Mangabey is a species of crested mangabey in the Cercopithecidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Gray-Cheeked Mangabey, L. albigena....
              , Lophocebus osmani
          • Genus Rungwecebus
            • Kipunji
              Kipunji

              The Kipunji is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. Also known as the Highland Mangabey, it is about three feet long and has long brown fur, which stands in tufts on the sides and top of its head....
              , Rungwecebus kipunji
          • Genus Papio
            • Hamadryas Baboon
              Hamadryas Baboon

              The Hamadryas Baboon is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons; its range extends from the Red Sea in Egypt to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia....
              , Papio hamadryas
            • Guinea Baboon
              Guinea Baboon

              The Guinea Baboon is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the Hamadryas Baboon....
              , Papio papio
            • Olive Baboon
              Olive Baboon

              The Olive Baboon , also called the Anubis Baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae . The species is the most widely spread of all baboons: it is found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending south from Mali to Ethiopia and to Tanzania....
              , Papio anubis
            • Yellow Baboon
              Yellow Baboon

              The Yellow Baboon is a baboon from the Old World monkey family.Cynocephalus literally means "dog-head" in Greek due to the shape of its muzzle and head....
              , Papio cynocephalus
            • Chacma Baboon
              Chacma Baboon

              The Chacma Baboon , also known as the Cape Baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. With a body length of up to 115 cm and a weight from 15 to 31 kg, it is among the largest and heaviest baboon species....
              , Papio ursinus
          • Genus Theropithecus
            • Gelada
              Gelada

              The Gelada , sometimes called the Gelada Baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, with large populations in the Semien Mountains....
              , Theropithecus gelada
          • Genus Cercocebus
            • Sooty Mangabey
              Sooty Mangabey

              The Sooty Mangabey is an Old World monkey found in forests from Senegal east to Ghana. It is famous for being the monkey that gave people in Africa AIDS....
              , Cercocebus atys
            • Collared Mangabey
              Collared Mangabey

              The Collared Mangabey , also known as the Red-capped Mangabey, White-collared Mangabey , or Cherry-crowned mangabey, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Cercocebus torquatus
            • Agile Mangabey
              Agile Mangabey

              The Agile Mangabey is an Old World monkey of the White-eyelid mangabey group found in swampy forests of Central Africa in Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and DR Congo....
              , Cercocebus agilis
            • Golden-bellied Mangabey
              Golden-bellied Mangabey

              The Golden-bellied Mangabey is a social Old World monkey found in swampy, humid forests south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Agile Mangabey ....
              , Cercocebus chrysogaster
            • Tana River Mangabey
              Tana River Mangabey

              The Tana River Mangabey is a highly endangered species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. Some authorities have included the taxa Cercocebus agilis and Cercocebus sanjei as subspecies of this species, while other award these full species status, resulting in the Tana River Mangabey being monotypic....
              , Cercocebus galeritus
            • Sanje Mangabey
              Sanje Mangabey

              The Sanje Mangabey is a highly endangered Old World monkey of the White-eyelid mangabey group from Tanzania. They are about 50-65 centimeters long, excluding tail, and weigh about 7-9 kilograms....
              , Cercocebus sanjei
          • Genus Mandrillus
            Mandrillus

            Mandrillus is the genus of the Mandrill and its close relative the Drill . These two species are closely related to the baboons, and until recently were lumped together as a single subspecies of baboon....
            • Mandrill
              Mandrill

              The Mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Drill . Both the Mandrill and the Drill were once classified as baboons in genus Baboon, but recent research has determined that they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus....
              , Mandrillus sphinx
            • Drill
              Drill (mammal)

              The Drill is a primate of the Cercopithecidae family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the Mandrill.The Drill is similar in appearance to the Mandrill, but lacks the colorful face....
              , Mandrillus leucophaeus
      • Subfamily Colobinae
        Colobinae

        Colobinae is a family of the Old World monkey family that includes 58 species in 10 genus, including the skunk-like black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed Proboscis Monkey, and the gray langurs, sacred to India....
        • African group
          • Genus Colobus
            • Black Colobus
              Black Colobus

              The Black Colobus or Satanic Black Colobus is an Old World monkey belonging to the Colobus genus. This monkey is considered by some to be the most primitive of the colobus monkeys....
              , Colobus satanas
            • Angola Colobus
              Angola Colobus

              The Angola Colobus is an arboreal Old World monkey belonging to the Colobus genus....
              , Colobus angolensis
            • King Colobus
              King Colobus

              The King Colobus , also known as the Western Black-and-white Colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rain forests in a region stretching between Gambia and C?te d'Ivoire within Africa....
              , Colobus polykomos
            • Ursine Colobus
              Ursine Colobus

              The Ursine Colobus is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
              , Colobus vellerosus
            • Mantled Guereza
              Mantled Guereza

              The Mantled Guereza , also known simply as the Guereza, the Eastern Black-and-white Colobus, or the Abyssinian Black-and-white Colobus, is a colobus monkey, a kind of Old World monkey....
              , Colobus guereza
          • Genus Piliocolobus
            • Western Red Colobus
              Western Red Colobus

              The 'Western Red Colobus' is a species of Old World monkey found in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P....
              , Piliocolobus badius
            • Pennant's Colobus
              Pennant's Colobus

              Pennant's Colobus is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. Its distribution is peculiarly Disjunct distribution and has been considered a biogeographical puzzle, with one population on the island of Bioko , a second in the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria, and a third in east-central Republic of Congo....
              , Piliocolobus pennantii
            • Preuss's Red Colobus
              Preuss's Red Colobus

              Preuss's Red Colobus is a species of red colobus monkey from Lake Barombi Mbo in Cameroon. It had once been considered a subspecies of Western Red Colobus. Like other colobus monkeys it is primarily a Folivore....
              , Piliocolobus preussi
            • Thollon's Red Colobus
              Thollon's Red Colobus

              Thollon's Red Colobus , also known as the Tshuapa Red Colobus, is a species of red colobus monkey from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lower Republic of the Congo....
              , Piliocolobus tholloni
            • Central African Red Colobus
              Central African Red Colobus

              The Central African Red Colobus is an Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found humid forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan....
              , Piliocolobus foai
            • Ugandan Red Colobus
              Ugandan Red Colobus

              The Ugandan Red Colobus is a species of red colobus monkey found in forests of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and western Tanzania. It has been considered a subspecies of Western Red Colobus, and later a subspecies of Central African Red Colobus....
              , Piliocolobus tephrosceles
            • Uzungwa Red Colobus
              Uzungwa Red Colobus

              The Uzungwa Red Colobus , also known as the Udzungwa Red Colobus or Iringa Red Colobus, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Piliocolobus gordonorum
            • Zanzibar Red Colobus
              Zanzibar Red Colobus

              The Zanzibar Red Colobus is a species of red colobus monkey endemism to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania....
              , Piliocolobus kirkii
            • Tana River Red Colobus
              Tana River Red Colobus

              The Tana River Red Colobus , also called the Eastern Red Colobus, is a highly endangered species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Piliocolobus rufomitratus
          • Genus Procolobus
            • Olive Colobus
              Olive Colobus

              The Olive Colobus or Van Beneden's Colobus is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and possibly Benin....
              , Procolobus verus
        • Langur (leaf monkey) group
          • Genus Semnopithecus
            Gray langur

            The gray langurs are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.Gray langurs are large and fairly terrestrial, inhabiting open wooded habitats and urban areas on the Indian subcontinent....
            • Nepal Gray Langur
              Nepal Gray Langur

              Nepal Gray Langur is a gray langur endemic to south eastern Asia, including Nepal, China, India, Bhutan.The Nepal Gray Langur has a diet composed of leaves, fruit and flowers....
              , Semnopithecus schistaceus
            • Kashmir Gray Langur
              Kashmir Gray Langur

              The Kashmir Gray Langur is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey. It is found in India west into Pakistani Kashmir and Nepal It was formerly considered a subspecies of Semnopithecus entellus and is one of several Semnopithecus species named after characters from '...
              , Semnopithecus ajax
            • Tarai Gray Langur
              Tarai Gray Langur

              The Tarai Gray Langur is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey. It is found from Kumaun, India to the Hazaria District of Nepal....
              , Semnopithecus hector
            • Northern Plains Gray Langur
              Northern Plains Gray Langur

              The Northern Plains Gray Langur is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Pakistan and India, on the lowlands north of the Godavari River and Krishna River rivers and south of the Ganges....
              , Semnopithecus entellus
            • Black-footed Gray Langur
              Black-footed Gray Langur

              The Black-footed Gray Langur is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey found in south India....
              , Semnopithecus hypoleucos
            • Southern Plains Gray Langur
              Southern Plains Gray Langur

              The Southern Plains Gray Langur is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in south west and west central India....
              , Semnopithecus dussumieri
            • Tufted Gray Langur
              Tufted Gray Langur

              The Tufted Gray Langur is an Old World monkey, one of the species of langurs. This, like other gray langurs, is a leaf-eating monkey. It is found in southeast India and Sri Lanka....
              , Semnopithecus priam
          • Genus Trachypithecus
            • T. vetulus group
              • Purple-faced Langur
                Purple-faced Langur

                The Purple-faced Langur , or Purple-faced Leaf Monkey, is a species of Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka.This is a long-tailed arboreal species, mainly brown with a dark facemask and paler lower face....
                , Trachypithecus vetulus
              • Nilgiri Langur
                Nilgiri Langur

                The Nilgiri Langur is a lutung found in the Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Palani Hills in Tamil Nadu and many other hilly areas in Kerala....
                , Trachypithecus johnii
            • T. cristatus group
              • Javan Lutung
                Javan Lutung

                The Javan Lutung, Trachypithecus auratus also known as the Ebony Lutung and Javan Langur, is an Old World monkey from the Colobinae subfamily....
                , Trachypithecus auratus
              • Silvery Lutung
                Silvery Lutung

                The Silvery Lutung , also known as the Silvered Leaf Monkey or the Silvery Langur, is an Old World monkey with grey tips on dark brown or black fur, although the groin and ventral side of the tail are yellowish in color....
                 or Silvered Leaf Monkey, Trachypithecus cristatus
              • Indochinese Lutung
                Indochinese Lutung

                The Indochinese Lutung is a lutung native to Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The Old World monkey was previously included in Trachypithecus cristatus and Trachypithecus villosus....
                , Trachypithecus germaini
              • Tenasserim Lutung
                Tenasserim Lutung

                The Tenasserim Lutung is a species of lutung.References...
                , Trachypithecus barbei
            • T. obscurus group
              • Dusky Leaf Monkey
                Dusky Leaf Monkey

                The Dusky Leaf Monkey, Spectacled Langur, or Spectacled Leaf Monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand....
                 or Spectacled Leaf Monkey, Trachypithecus obscurus
              • Phayre's Leaf Monkey
                Phayre's Leaf Monkey

                Phayre's Leaf Monkey , also known as Phayre's Langur, is a species of Lutung found in Southeast Asia. The species epitheton commedorates Arthur Purves Phayre....
                , Trachypithecus phayrei
            • T. pileatus group
              • Capped Langur
                Capped Langur

                The Capped Langur is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
                , Trachypithecus pileatus
              • Shortridge's Langur
                Shortridge's Langur

                Shortridge's Langur is a lutung native to Burma and China.References...
                , Trachypithecus shortridgei
              • Gee's Golden Langur
                Gee's Golden Langur

                Gee's Golden Langur , or simply the Golden Langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan....
                , Trachypithecus geei
            • T. francoisi group
              • Francois' Langur
                Francois' Langur

                The Francois' Langur or Francois' Leaf Monkey is a species of lutung and the type species of its species group. The species is distributed from Southwestern China to northeastern Vietnam....
                , Trachypithecus francoisi
              • Hatinh Langur
                Hatinh Langur

                The Hatinh Langur is a highly threatened Old World monkey found in limestone forests in Vietnam, primarily in the Quang Binh Province. A recent survey discovered a small population living in the Quang Tri Province....
                , Trachypithecus hatinhensis
              • White-headed Langur
                White-headed Langur

                The 'White-headed Langur' is a critically endangered langur from Cat Ba Island, Vietnam , and Guangxi, China . Both taxa are overall blackish, but the crown, cheeks and neck are yellowish in T....
                , Trachypithecus poliocephalus
              • Laotian Langur
                Laotian Langur

                The Laotian Langur or White-browed Black Langur is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to Laos. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
                , Trachypithecus laotum
              • Delacour's Langur
                Delacour's Langur

                The Delacour's Langur is a critically endangered species of lutung Endemism to Vietnam.References...
                , Trachypithecus delacouri
              • Indochinese Black Langur
                Indochinese Black Langur

                The Indochinese Black Langur is a poorly known lutung native to Laos and adjacent Vietnam. It was originally described as a subspecies of Trachypithecus auratus, but was later found to be a member of the Trachypithecus francoisi group, with some maintaining it as a subspecies of that species....
                , Trachypithecus ebenus
          • Genus Presbytis
            • Sumatran Surili
              Sumatran Surili

              The Sumatran Surili is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
              , Presbytis melalophos
            • Banded Surili
              Banded Surili

              The Banded Surili is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to the Thai-Malay Peninsula and the Indonesia island of Sumatra....
              , Presbytis femoralis
            • Sarawak Surili
              Sarawak Surili

              The Sarawak Surili is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to the southeast Asian island of Borneo, where it is distributed north of the Kapuas River in Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Malaysia states of Sarawak and Sabah, and in Brunei....
              , Presbytis chrysomelas
            • White-thighed Surili
              White-thighed Surili

              The White-thighed Surili is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, the Riau Archipelago and Sumatra....
              , Presbytis siamensis
            • White-fronted Surili
              White-fronted Surili

              The White-fronted Surili is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and possibly Brunei. Its body is mainly grey-brown, with a distinct white spot on the forehead....
              , Presbytis frontata
            • Javan Surili
              Javan Surili

              The Javan Surili is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemism to the western half of Java, Indonesia, a biodiversity hotspot. Other common names by which it is known by include Gray, Grizzled or Sunda Island Surili; Grizzled or Stripe-crested Langur; Javan Grizzled Langur; Grizzled, Java or Javan Leaf Monkey; Langur Gris....
              , Presbytis comata
            • Thomas's Langur
              Thomas's Langur

              The North Sumatran Leaf Monkey, Sumatran Grizzled Langur, Thomas's Langur, or Thomas's Leaf Monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Presbytis thomasi
            • Hose's Langur
              Hose's Langur

              The Hose's Langur is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is endemism to the island of Borneo, including Brunei, Kalimantan , and East Malaysia....
              , Presbytis hosei
            • Maroon Leaf Monkey
              Maroon Leaf Monkey

              The Maroon Langur, Maroon Leaf Monkey, or Red Leaf Monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found on the southeast Asian island of Borneo and the nearby smaller Karimata....
              , Presbytis rubicunda
            • Mentawai Langur
              Mentawai Langur

              The Mentawai Langur, Long-tailed Langur, or Mentawai Leaf Monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia....
               or Joja, Presbytis potenziani
            • Natuna Island Surili
              Natuna Island Surili

              The Natuna Island Surili is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to the Indonesian island of Natuna Besar. It was separated from White-thighed Surili by Colin Groves in 2001....
              , Presbytis natunae
        • Odd-Nosed group
          • Genus Pygathrix
            • Red-shanked Douc
              Red-shanked Douc

              The Red-shanked Douc is a species of Old World monkey, among the most colourful of all primates. This attractive primate is sometimes called the "costumed ape" for its extravagant appearance....
              , Pygathrix nemaeus
            • Black-shanked Douc
              Black-shanked Douc

              The Black-shanked Douc is an endangered species of douc found in forests of Vietnam and Cambodia. This species is unique among the doucs in having a largely greyish-blue face....
              , Pygathrix nigripes
            • Gray-shanked Douc
              Gray-shanked Douc

              The Gray-shanked Douc is a douc described as a subspecies of Pygathrix nemaeus in 1997, but later elevated to species status. This species is native to the Provinces of Vietnam of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Kon Tum and Gia Lai....
              , Pygathrix cinerea
          • Genus Rhinopithecus
            • Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
              Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

              The Golden Snub-nosed Monkey is an Old World monkey in the Colobinae subfamily. It is Endemism to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central China, primarily around the Sichuan basin....
              , Rhinopithecus roxellana
            • Black Snub-nosed Monkey
              Black Snub-nosed Monkey

              The Black Snub-nosed Monkey , also known as the Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey, is an endangered species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
              , Rhinopithecus bieti
            • Gray Snub-nosed Monkey
              Gray Snub-nosed Monkey

              The Gray Snub-nosed Monkey , also known as the Guizhou Snub-nosed Monkey, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is Endemism to China, where it is known as the Guizhou Golden Hair Monkey or Gray Golden Hair Monkey ....
              , Rhinopithecus brelichi
            • Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur
              Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur

              The Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur or Dollman's Snub-nosed Langur is a species of langur endemism to northwestern Vietnam.Sightings of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur have become increasingly rare....
              , Rhinopithecus avunculus
          • Genus Nasalis
            Proboscis Monkey

            The Proboscis Monkey is also known as the Monyet Belanda in Malay language, the Bekantan in Indonesian language or simply the Long-nosed Monkey....
            • Proboscis Monkey
              Proboscis Monkey

              The Proboscis Monkey is also known as the Monyet Belanda in Malay language, the Bekantan in Indonesian language or simply the Long-nosed Monkey....
              , Nasalis larvatus
          • Genus Simias
            Pig-tailed Langur

            The Pig-tailed Langur is a large, rather heavily built Old World monkey, which is adapted to climbing with its long arms. Its fur is black-brown, and its hairless face is also black....
            • Pig-tailed Langur
              Pig-tailed Langur

              The Pig-tailed Langur is a large, rather heavily built Old World monkey, which is adapted to climbing with its long arms. Its fur is black-brown, and its hairless face is also black....
              , Simias concolor