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Primates are found in Africa, Asia, and South and Central America. The largest number of primates live in Africa, including the pottos, bushbabies, guenons, mangabeys, colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, and baboons. Tarsiers, macaques, lorises, and most of the leaf monkeys live in Asia. Lemurs and aye-ayes are found only on the island of Madagascar. The New World monkeys, such as the marmosets, tamarins, and squirrel monkeys, live in South and Central America.

Primates eat a wide variety of foods. All primates may eat insects, leaves, nuts, seeds, plant gums or fluids, and fruits. But each primate may have a food preference. The indri prefers young plants and leaves, fruit, and seeds. The aye-aye eats fruit and insect larvae (LAR-vee), or young. The blue monkey eats fruits, leaves, and slow-moving insects, as well as occasional birds and small animals.

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Primates: Primates - Physical Characteristics

There are many different types of primates. Some are very small—the smallest primate is the pygmy mouse lemur, which weighs only one ounce (30 grams). Others are very large—the largest primate is an adult male gorilla. A full-grown male gorilla can weigh 375 pounds (170 kilograms) or more, and be as tall as 6 feet (1.8 meters). Primates include the lemurs, lorises and bushbabies, tar…

Primates: Primates - Habitat

Primates: Primates - Behavior And Reproduction

Most primates are arboreal, living in trees. Some are active during the day, such as the black lemurs and chimpanzees. Others are active only at night, such as the owl monkeys and lesser bushbabies. A few primates live primarily on the ground, such as mandrill baboons and gorillas, even though they may sleep in trees for protection. A few primates live alone most of the time, such as the orangutan…

Primates: Primates - Primates And People

People hunt some non-human primate species for meat, unproven medicinal uses of their body parts, or capture them for pets. Zoos collect primates as exhibit animals. Some primates, such as the baboon, rhesus monkey, and the common marmoset, are used in laboratory biomedical research. Current breeding programs have slowed the practice of taking these animals from the wild. A few primates, in close …

Primates: Primates - Conservation Status

About one-third of all primate species are threatened. Of these, 120 species are Critically Endangered, facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild; Endangered, facing a very high risk of extinction; or Vulnerable, facing a high risk of extinction. Critically Endangered species include the Sumatran orangutan, one species of snub-nosed monkey, three lion tamarin species, and two gentle …

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