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The hamadryas baboon is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Angolan Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis) from the rainforests of the Congo Basin. While these old world monkeys are called Angolan, few are found in that country. San Diego Zoo Conservation Status: Least Concern
24 year old male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abeli), named "Satu" licking treats he extracted from a fake termite mound in his habitat. Father of two, including 5 year old "Aisha" at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
The gelada, sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada "baboon", is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, with large populations in the Simien Mountains. Geladas are actually not baboons but the only living members of the genus Theropithecus.
Taxidermy. Once, it was a gorilla. Now, an exhibit to look at in the Natural History Museum at Tring. Fuji X-E2.
Male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abeli), named "Satu" using a stick to dip for treats in the pretend "termite mound".
Born in San Diego to father "Clyde" and mother "Josephine"
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Taxidermy. It used to live and was an Orangutan. Now, this shell is behind glass at the Natural History Museum at Tring. It actually was a "he". A close relative to us humans. I am close too to his face. This is a "close-up". I don't know what his thoughts would be about this exhibition. I am not sure what to think myself. He is the exhibit, I am the looker. Fuji X-E2.
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Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) named "N'ne" born July 2017. In the wild (the Congo Basin) swamp monkey diet consists of fruits and leaves, as well as beetles and worms. At the San Diego Zoo, N'ne apparently also enjoys the honeysuckle flowers blooming its in habitat.
Conservation status: Least concern
Budapestis the capital and the largest city of Hungary,and one of the largest citiesin the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. According to the census, in 2011 Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million due to suburbanisation.The Budapest Metropolitan Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (203 sq mi). Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification of Buda and Óbuda on the west bank, with Pest on the east bank on 17 November 1873.
The Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház, pronounced [ˈorsaːkhaːz], which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation), also known as the Parliament of Budapest for being located in that city, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary and still the tallest building in Budapest.
There isn't much left in Primate, Saskatchewan, but the gorgeous old grain elevator still stands guard over the prairie under Saskatchewan's living skies. Thanks to Sandra Herber for guiding me to see these prairie giants.
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Lemurs (LEE-mər) (from Latin lemures – ghosts or spirits) are mammals of the order Primates, divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are native only to the island of Madagascar. Most existing lemurs are small, have a pointed snout, large eyes, and a long tail. They chiefly live in trees (arboreal), and are active at night (nocturnal).
Lemurs share resemblance with other primates, but evolved independently from monkeys and apes. Due to Madagascar's highly seasonal climate, lemur evolution has produced a level of species diversity rivaling that of any other primate group. Until shortly after humans arrived on the island around 2,000 years ago, there were lemurs as large as a male gorilla. Most species have been discovered or promoted to full species status since the 1990s; however, lemur taxonomic classification is controversial and depends on which species concept is used.
Lemurs range in weight from the 30-gram (1.1 oz) mouse lemur to the 9-kilogram (20 lb) indri. Lemurs share many common basal primate traits, such as divergent digits on their hands and feet, and nails instead of claws (in most species). However, their brain-to-body size ratio is smaller than that of anthropoid primates. As with all strepsirrhine primates, they have a "wet nose" (rhinarium). Lemurs are generally the most social of the strepsirrhine primates, and communicate more with scents and vocalizations than with visual signals. Lemurs have a relatively low basal metabolic rate, and as a result may exhibit dormancy such as hibernation or torpor. They also have seasonal breeding and female social dominance. Most eat a wide variety of fruits and leaves, while some are specialists. Two species of lemurs may coexist in the same forest due to different diets.
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Also known as the West African chimpanzee.
Welcome female baby Western Chimpanzee 'Stevie' born on 4th June 2018 to mum Zeezee and dad Dylan . Chester Zoo's first chimp born since the birth of 'Tina' in 2009 also to mum Zeezee.
'Stevie' being cradled by Dylan.
The gelada, sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada "baboon", is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, with large populations in the Simien Mountains. Geladas are actually not baboons but the only living members of the genus Theropithecus.
African primates range in size from the smallest prosimian in the world, to medium-sized monkeys, to the largest monkeys and apes in the world.
African monkeys include baboons, colobus monkeys, drills, geladas, guenons, mandrills, one macaque species, mangabeys, and patas monkeys.
The tails of Old World monkeys are never prehensile. Their thumbs are opposable. Their nostrils are close together and point downward. They have 32 teeth. Many species have cheek pouches to store food for later consumption, and many have thick pads on their buttocks for comfort when sitting on hard surfaces.
Old World monkeys are more closely related to apes, and therefore humans, than they are to the New World monkeys. #YBSAnimals21
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Colobus guereza , the guereza colobus or Kilimanjaro guereza (among others), is a species that is part of the mammals Primates . It is a monkey of the family Cercopithecidae . It is a species of Old World monkeys. It is found in much of western central Africa and in eastern Africa, that is to say Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Chad. The species includes several subspecies of different appearance. It has a distinctive appearance to which its name alludes; the long fringes of white hair that run along each side of its black trunk make it a kind of coat. Its face is framed with white hair and it has a large white tail in the form of a tuft.
The guereza is diurnal and arboreal, found in both deciduous and coniferous forests. It is an adaptable species that can tolerate disturbances to its habitat and prefers secondary forest near rivers or lakes. Although it was once thought to eat only leaves, it also eats seeds, fruits and arthropods. It is able to digest plant matter with a high fibre content thanks to its specialised stomach, but it can only eat a small number of plant species at any one time. It is hunted by raptors and some mammals such as the common chimpanzee and the leopard.
The Guereza lives in social groups of three to fifteen individuals. Typically these groups include a dominant male, several females, and their offspring. It reproduces polygynously, and copulation begins with vocal communication. After a gestation period of just over five months, babies are born with pink skin and white fur that darkens to adult coloration in three to four months. The Guereza is well known for its dawn song, the males' "roar" is a method of communicating over long distances: it reinforces territorial boundaries. It also makes other vocalizations and uses body postures, movements, and facial expressions to communicate.
Papio hamadryas
• Papión
• Hamadryas baboon / Sacred baboon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Family:Cercopithecidae
Tribe:Papionini
Genus:Papio
Species:P. hamadryas
Parque Lecocq, Montevideo, Uruguay
A pedestrian passes by a graffiti in the underpass of the Nikoloz Baratashvili Bridge in Tbilisi, Georgia.