Critically Endangered Primate Species

Critically Endangered Primate Species

This is a list of primate species that are considered to be critically endangered (Nowak, 1999):

Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur…Allocebus trichotis
Sclater's Lemur…Eulemur macaco flavifrons
Alaotran Gentle Lemur…Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis
Golden Bamboo Lemur…Hapalemur aureus
Broad-nosed Gentle Lemur…Hapalemur simus
Red Ruffed Lemur…Varecia variegata rubra
Silky Sifaka…Propithecus diadema candidus
Perrier's Sifaka…Propithecus diadema perrieri
Tattersall's Sifaka…Propithecus tattersalli
Crowned Sifaka…Propithecus verreauxi
Red-handed Howler Monkey…Alouatta belzebul ululata
Coiba Island Howler Monkey…Alouatta coibensis trabeata
Northern Brown Howler Monkey…Alouatta fusca fusca
Brown-headed Spider Monkey…Ateles fusciceps fusciceps
Azuero Spider Monkey…Ateles geoffroyi azuerensis
Muriqui…Brachyteles arachnoids
Northern Bahian Brown Titi…Callicebus personatus babarabrownae
White-fronted Capuchin…Cebus albifrons trinitatis
Margarita Island Tufted Capuchin…Cebus_apella
Buffy-headed Tufted Capuchin…Cebus xanthosternos
Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey…Lagothrix flavicauda
Colombian Woolly Monkey…Lagothrix lagotricha lugens
Central American Squirrel Monkey…Saimiri oerstedi citrinellus
Black-faced Lion Tamarin…Leontopithecus caissara
Black Lion Tamarin…Leontopithecus chrysopygus
Golden Lion Tamarin…Leontopithecus rosalia
Silvery Gibbon…Hylobates moloch
Mountain Gorilla…Gorilla gorilla beringei
Miss Waldron's Red Colobus Monkey…Procolobus badius waldroni
Mentawai Macaque…Macaca pagensis
Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur…Pygathrix avunculus
Delacour's Langur…Trachypithecus delacouri

REFERENCES:
Nowak, R.M. 1999. Walker's Primates of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.

Last updated: June 22, 2000

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