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Western Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847)
Gorilla gorilla, the western gorilla, is a large great ape with distinct social behavior, diet, and physical traits.
Eastern Gorilla
Gorilla beringei Matschie, 1903
Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) is a large hominid with two subspecies, native to central African forests and herbivorous.
Human
Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Homo sapiens, humans, are the only extant widespread primate of genus Homo with unique intelligence and global distribution.
Bornean Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760)
Pongo pygmaeus, the Bornean orangutan, is the largest extant arboreal ape native to Borneo's rainforests.
Sumatran Orangutan
Pongo abelii Lesson, 1827
Pongo abelii, the Sumatran orangutan, is an arboreal great ape with distinct physical traits, tool use, and five life stages.
Agile Gibbon
Hylobates agilis F.Cuvier, 1821
Hylobates agilis, the agile gibbon, is a tailless primate found in rain forests across parts of Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and southern Thailand.
Javan Gibbon
Hylobates moloch (Audebert, 1798)
The silvery Javan gibbon, Hylobates moloch, is an Endangered endemic primate of Java's undisturbed rainforests.
Lar Gibbon
Hylobates lar (Linnaeus, 1771)
Hylobates lar (lar gibbon) is an ape species with descriptions of its physical traits, distribution, habitat, and reproduction.
Pileated Gibbon
Hylobates pileatus Gray, 1861
Hylobates pileatus, the endangered pileated gibbon, is a sexually dimorphic primate native to parts of Southeast Asia.
Bornean White-bearded Gibbon
Hylobates albibarbis Lyon, 1911
Hylobates albibarbis, the Bornean white-bearded gibbon, is a small tailless ape with documented physical traits, social behavior, and life history.
North Bornean Gray Gibbon
Hylobates funereus I.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850
Hylobates funereus, the eastern or northern grey gibbon, is a gibbon species endemic to northeastern Borneo.
Western Hoolock Gibbon
Hoolock hoolock (Harlan, 1834)
Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) is a Hylobatidae primate found in South Asia, with a frugivorous diet that acts as a key seed disperser.
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
Nomascus leucogenys (Ogilby, 1840)
Nomascus leucogenys, the northern white-cheeked gibbon, is a sexually dimorphic ape currently found only in northern Vietnam and northern Laos.
Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbon
Nomascus gabriellae (Thomas, 1909)
The yellow-cheeked gibbon is a colored fur-changing gibbon species native to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Siamang
Symphalangus syndactylus (Raffles, 1821)
Symphalangus syndactylus, the siamang, is the darkest gibbon, found in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, threatened by widespread habitat loss.
Gursky's Spectral Tarsier
Tarsius spectrumgurskyae Shekelle, Groves, Maryanto & Mittermeier, 2017
Gursky's spectral tarsier (Tarsius spectrumgurskyae) is a tarsier species endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, split from related species by recent taxonomic revision.
Horsfield's Tarsier
Cephalopachus bancanus (Horsfield, 1821)
Cephalopachus bancanus (Horsfield's tarsier) is a small primate found on Sumatra, Borneo and nearby islands with detailed documented life history traits.
Philippine Tarsier
Carlito syrichta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Carlito syrichta, the Philippine tarsier, is a small endemic primate native to the Philippines with distinct physical and behavioral traits.
Sunda Slow Loris
Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert, 1785)
The Sunda slow loris, also called the greater slow loris, is an endangered nocturnal arboreal primate native to Southeast Asia.
Bengal Slow Loris
Nycticebus bengalensis (Lacépède, 1800)
Nycticebus bengalensis, the Bengal slow loris, is an endangered nocturnal arboreal primate native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina.
Philippine Slow Loris
Nycticebus menagensis Lydekker, 1893
Nycticebus menagensis (Philippine slow loris) is a small toxic nocturnal primate found in Borneo and the southern Philippines.
Grey Slender Loris
Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera, 1908
Loris lydekkerianus, the gray slender loris, is a small primate native to southern India and Sri Lanka.
Southern Lesser Galago
Galago moholi A.Smith, 1836
Galago moholi, the Mohol bushbaby, is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate native to woodland and savanna across southern Africa.
Northern Lesser Galago
Galago senegalensis É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796
The Senegal bushbaby, Galago senegalensis, is a small nocturnal African primate from the Galagidae family.
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