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Primates in US Zoos.

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by drill, 14 May 2018.

  1. drill

    drill Well-Known Member

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    What species of primates are in US zoos. Are there any Moor macaques, Barbary macaques, White-naped mangabeys, Whiteside's guenons, Lowe's monkey, and Hamlyn's guenons?
     
  2. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A list of primate species I have seen in the US (there are probably more):

    Ring-Tailed Lemur
    Mongoose Lemur
    Crowned Lemur
    Black-And-White Ruffed Lemur
    Red Ruffed Lemur
    Blue-Eyed Black Lemur
    Brown-Eyed Black Lemur
    Pygmy Slow Loris
    Moholi Bushbaby
    Potto
    Common Marmoset
    Black-Tufted Marmoset
    Geoffroy's Marmoset
    Goeldi's Monkey
    Cotton-Top Tamarin
    Emperor Tamrin
    Golden Lion Tamrin
    Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin
    Tufted Capuchin
    White-Headed Capuchin
    Common Squirrel Monkey
    Gray-Bellied Night Monkey
    various "generic" night monkeys
    Black Howler Monkey
    Black-Handed Spider Monkey
    various "generic" spider monkeys
    Allen's Swamp Monkey
    Patas Monkey
    Vervet Monkey
    Diana Monkey
    Blue Monkey
    Red-Tailed Monkey
    DeBrazza's Monkey
    Celebes Crested Macaque
    Crab-Eating Macaque
    Rhesus Macaque
    Bonnet Macaque
    Japanese Macaque
    Black-Crested Magabey
    Hamadryas Baboon
    Olive Baboon
    Mandrill
    Angolian Colobus
    Eastern Black-And-White Colobus
    Francois' Langur
    Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
    White-Handed Gibbon
    Chimpanzee
    Bonobo
    Western Gorilla
    Bornean Ornagutan
    Sumatran Orangutan
     
  3. Loxodonta Cobra

    Loxodonta Cobra Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I know that the last Barbary macaques used to live in the now closed Las Vegas Zoo. They now live in the Primate Rescue Center in Kentucky. I don't know about the status of the other species.
     
  4. TheGerenuk

    TheGerenuk Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Regarding prosimians, another somewhat common species that is not yet mentioned is the Coquerel's sifaka. A few zoos, including the Bronx and San Diego zoos, have them on display.
     
  5. Great Argus

    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A few additions to birdsandbats' list. I have seen all but the Aye-aye, keep missing them.

    Aye-aye
    Pied Tamarin
    White-faced Saki
    Wolf's Guenon
    Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon
    Kikiyu Colobus
    Gelada
    Siamang
     
  6. Great Argus

    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Becoming more common I think, Sacramento Zoo has had them for years, San Francisco and San Diego both got them relatively recently, and I believe a few other facilities have too.
     
  7. dsimmons917

    dsimmons917 Active Member

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    Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus, at Zoo Atlanta. As far as I know, it's the only zoo in the U.S. that has them.
     
  8. JVM

    JVM Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    How times change - weren't drills a fairly common species twenty years ago?

    A lone red-faced spider monkey, Esmeralda, was at Brookfield Zoo until maybe a year ago.
     
  9. Cyclone

    Cyclone Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I thought she passed away and now brookfield has Angolan colobus instead of just the norm colobus
     
  10. JVM

    JVM Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Yes, she did pace away - about a year ago, as I was trying to indicate. Sorry, I wasn't clear. :(

    I don't know the Colobus situation though, that's a good question.
     
  11. Cyclone

    Cyclone Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It was quite sad that she was the only one of her species in the exhibit I know most people hate tropic world the the shear size to exhibits minus the gorilla exhibit is huge wish they would just open the netting to combine the 2 African exhibits together
     
  12. pachyderm pro

    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    The red-faced spider monkey, Esmerelda, passed away in early 2016. Also yes, Brookfield did switch some what recently to Angolan colobus monkeys.