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Primates
A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.
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Sunda slow loris
Animals; Primates
The Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, western Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It ...
Pygmy slow loris
Animals; Primates
The pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) is a rare species of slow loris that occurs in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Laos, China, and east of the Mekong River in Cambodia. They occur in a ...
Barbary macaque
Animals; Primates
The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), or common macaque, is a macaque with no tail. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small population, of unknown origin, in Gibraltar, the ...
Rhesus macaque
Animals; Primates
The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the rhesus monkey, is one of the best known species of Old World monkeys. It is a typical macaque, common throughout Afghanistan to northern India ...
Japanese macaque
Animals; Primates
The Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata), is also known as the Snow Monkey. It is a terrestrial monkey species native to northern Japan. Individuals have brown-grey fur, a red face, hands and bottom and ...
