This Presentation is helpful for Zoology students.

1. Some amazing Primates

2. Proboscis Monkey
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Nasalis
larvatus
Habitat: Indonesia
male proboscis monkeys use
their fleshy, pendulous noses
to attract mates. Scientists
think these outsize organs
create an echo chamber that
amplifies the monkey’s call,
impressing females and
intimidating rival males.

3. Red Shanked Douc
Scientific Name: Pygathrix
nemaeus
Habitat: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Red-shanked Douc Langur also
called ‘five colored Macaque’ is a
brightly coloured old-world
monkey, with distinctive reddish
brown legs, and a vibrant yellow-
orange face. They have long white
tails with a distinguishing white
triangle of fur around the base.

4. Mandrill
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mandrillus
sphinx
Habitat- Africa
Mandrills are the largest of all
monkeys. Mandrills are extremely
colorful, perhaps more so than
any other mammal. They are
easily identifiable by the blue and
red skin on their faces and their
brightly hued rumps. These
distinctive colors become brighter
when the animal is excited.

5. Golden Snub Nosed
Monkey
Scientific name: Rhinopithecus
roxellana
Habitat: China
The primate can withstand
extremely cold temperatures,
where no other non-human
primates can survive.
It has a unique nose that has no
protruding nasal bones, giving
the species its name.
Though some biologists believe
it helps them in avoiding
frostbites, the exact reason for
this unique feature is still
unknown.

6. Crested Black Macaque
Scientific name: Macaca
nigra
Habitat: Sulawesi and
Palau bacan islands of
Indonesia
Named for the narrow
crest of hair that runs
along the top of the head
from behind the
overhanging brow.
It has an "apelike"
appearance due to its
almost non-existent, non-
visible, vestigial tail stub of
only approximately 2 cm

7. Squirrel Monkey
Scientific name: Saimiri
Habitat: Amazon basin
Female squirrel monkeys
have pseuopenises which
they use to display
dominance over smaller
monkeys, in much the
same way that the male
squirrel monkeys display
their dominance.

8. Spider Monkey
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ateles
Habitat: Central and South
America
They have long, lanky arms
and prehensile (gripping)
tails that enable them to
move gracefully from
branch to branch and tree
to tree. These nimble
monkeys spend most of
their time aloft, and
maintain a powerful grip
on branches even though
they have no thumbs.

9. Bald Uakari
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cacajao
calvus
Habitat: South America
They have striking bald heads
and bright red faces. (They may
be attractive to mates because
malarial or sick animals develop
pale faces.)

10. De Brazza’s Monkey
Scientific Name: Cercopithecus
neglectus
Habitat: Central Africa
This monkey is named for Pierre
Savorgnan de Brazza, an Italian
explorer,founded a city that is
named for him: Brazzaville, the
capital of the Republic of the
Congo. A white stripe runs down
its thigh, and an orange
crescent-shaped marking
appears on its forehead. Its
white eyelids match its muzzle
and beard. Due to this
distinctive appearance, the
monkey is sometimes referred
to as the "Ayatollah Monkey".

11. François’s Langur
Scientific Name:
Trachypithecus francoisi
Habitat: China, Vietenam
These distinctive primates
have black fur with white
streaks of hair running
from their mouths to their
ears. They also have a tuft
of hair on top of their
head. However, infants are
born with orange fur which
gradually changes to adult
coloration as they mature.

12. Pygmy Marmoset
Scientific Name: Cebuella
pygmaea
Habitat: Columbia, Brazil,
Equador
They are known as the
Pocket Monkey, Little Lion,
and the Dwarf Monkey.
They are the smallest of all
the Monkeys, and one of
the very small primates in
the world.

13. Emperor tamarin
Scientific name: Saguinus
imperator
Habitat: South America
It is thought the tamarin
was named for the
resemblance of its
mustache to that of
Germany’s Emperor
Wilhelm II.

14. Howler Monkey
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Alouatta
Habitat: Central and South
America.
They are aptly named for their
cacophonous cries. When a
number of howlers let loose
their lungs in concert, the din
can be heard up to three miles
away. Male monkeys have
large throats and specialized,
shell-like vocal chambers that
help to turn up the volume on
their distinctive call. The noise
sends a clear message to
other monkeys: This territory
is already occupied by a troop.

15. Capuchin monkey
Scientific Name: Cebus
capucinus
Habitat: Latin America
Capuchins are considered the
most intelligent New World
monkeys re named for their
“caps” of hair, which
resemble the cowls
of capuchin monks. These
monkeys are round-headed
and stockily built, with fully
haired prehensile tails and
opposable thumbs.