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Primates on the U.S. Endangered Species List

Primates on the U.S. Endangered Species List

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Common name

Scientific name

Historic Range

Where

Status

When Listed

Critical Habitat

Special Rules*

Avahi

Avahi (=Lichanotus) laniger (=entire genus)

Malagasy Republic (=Madagascar)

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Aye-aye

Daubentonia madagascariensis

Malagasy Republic (=Madagascar)

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Baboon, gelada

Theropithecus gelada

Ethiopia

Entire

T

16

16, 376

1740(c)

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

Africa--see 1740(c)(3)

Wherever found in the wild

E

16, 376

NA

NA

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

Africa--see 1740(c)(3)

Wherever found in captivity

T

16, 376

NA

1740(c)

Chimpanzee, pygmy

Pan paniscus

Zaire

Entire

E

16, 376

NA

NA

Drill

Mandrillus (=Papio) leucophaeus

Equatorial West Africa

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Gibbons

Hylobates spp

China, India, Southeast Asia

Entire

E

3, 15

NA

NA

Gorilla

Gorilla gorilla

Central and western Africa

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Indri

Indri indri (=entire

Malagasy Republic

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Langur, capped

Trachypithecus (=Presbytis) pileatus

India, Burma, Bangladesh

Entire

E

15

NA

NA

Langur, Douc

Pygathrix nemaeus

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Langur, Francois'

Trachypithecus (=Presbytis) francoisi

China (Kwangsi), Indochina

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Langur, golden

Trachypithecus (=Presbytis) geei

India (Assam), Bhutan

Entire

E

15

NA

NA

Langur, gray

Semnopithecus (=Presbytis) entellus

China (Tibet), India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Sikkim, Bangladesh

Entire

E

15

NA

NA

Langur, long-tailed

Presbytis potenziani

Indonesia

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Langur, Pagi Island

Nasalis concolor

Indonesia

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Langur, purple-faced

Presbytis senex

Sri Lanka

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Lemurs

Lemuridae (incl genera Lemur, Phaner, Hapalemur, Lepilemur, Microcebus, Allocebus, Cheirogaleus, Varecia)

Malagasy Republic (=Madagascar)

Entire

E

3, 15,

NA

NA

Macaque, Formosan rock

Macaca cyclopis

Taiwan

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Macaque, Japanese

Macaca fuscata

Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu and Honshu Islands)

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Macaque, lion-tailed

Macaca silenus

India

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Macaque, stump-tailed

Macaca arctoides

India (Assam) to southern China

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Macaque, Toque

Macaca sinica

Sri Lanka

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Mandrill

Mandrillus (=Papio) sphinx

Equatorial West Africa

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Mangabey, Tana River

Cercocebus galeritus galeritus

Kenya

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Mangabey, white-collared

Cercocebus torquatus

Senegal to Ghana; Nigeria to Gabon

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Marmoset, buff-headed

Callithrix flaviceps

Brazil

Entire

E

139

NA

NA

Marmoset, cotton-top

Saguinus oedipus

Costa Rica to Colombia

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Marmoset, Goeldi's

Callimico goeldii

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Marmoset, white-eared (=buffy tufted-ear)

Callithrix aurita (=jacchus a)

Brazil

Entire

E

233

NA

NA

Monkey, black colobus

Colobus satanas

Equatorial Guinea, People's Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Monkey, black howler

Alouatta pigra

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Monkey, Diana

Cercopithecus diana

Coastal West Africa

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Monkey, Guizhou snub-nosed

Rhinopithecus brelichi

China

Entire

E

400

NA

NA

Monkey, L'hoest's

Cercopithecus lhoesti

Upper eastern Congo R Basin, Cameroon

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Monkey, mantled howler

Alouatta palliata

Mexico to South America

Entire

E

15

NA

NA

Monkey, Preuss' red colobus

Procolobus (=Colobus) preussi (=badius p)

Cameroon

Entire

E

139

NA

NA

Monkey, proboscis

Nasalis larvatus

Borneo

Entire

E

15

NA

NA

Monkey, red-backed squirrel

Saimiri oerstedii

Costa Rica, Panama

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Monkey, red-bellied

Cercopithecus erythrogaster

Western Nigeria

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Monkey, red-eared nose-spotted

Cercopithecus erythrotis

Nigeria, Cameroon, Fernando Po

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Monkey, Sichuan snub-nosed

Rhinopithecus roxellana

China

Entire

E

400

NA

NA

Monkey, spider

Ateles geoffroyi frontatus, Ateles geoffroy panamensis

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Monkey, Tana River red colobus

Procolobus (=Colobus) rufomitratus (=badius. r)

Kenya

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Monkey, Tonkin snub-nosed

Rhinopithecus avunculus

Vietnam

Entire

E

16, 400

NA

NA

Monkey, woolly spider

Brachyteles arachnoides

Brazil

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Monkey, yellow-tailed woolly

Lagothrix flavicauda

Andes of northern Peru

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Monkey, Yunnan snub-nosed

Rhinopithecus bieti

China

Entire

E

400

NA

NA

Monkey, Zanzibar red colobus

Procolobus (=Colobus) pennantii (=kirki) kirki

Tanzania

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus

Borneo, Sumatra

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Siamang

Symphalangus syndactylus

Malaysia, Indonesia

Entire

E

15

NA

NA

Sifakas

Propithecus spp

Malagasy Republic (=Madagascar)

Entire

E

4

NA

NA

Tamarin, golden-rumped

Leontopithecus spp

Brazil

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

Tamarin, pied

Saguinus bicolor

do

Entire

E

16

NA

NA

Tamarin, white-footed

Saguinus leucopus

Colombia

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Tarsier, Philippine

Tarsius syrichta

Philippines

Entire

T

16

NA

1740(c)

Uakari (all species)

Cacajao spp

Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela

Entire

E

3

NA

NA

 

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From http://endangered.fws.gov/

Title 50-Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 17-ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS

Subpart B-Lists
§ 17.11
Endangered and threatened wildlife.

(a) The list in this section contains the names of all species of wildlife which have been determined by the Services to be Endangered or Threatened. It also contains the names of species of wildlife treated as Endangered or Threatened because they are sufficiently similar in appearance to Endangered or Threatened species (see § 17.50 et seq.).

(b) The columns entitled ''Common Name,'' ''Scientific Name,'' and ''Vertebrate Population Where Endangered or Threatened'' define the species of wildlife within the meaning of the Act. Thus, differently classified geographic populations of the same vertebrate subspecies or species shall be identified by their differing geographic boundaries, even though the other two columns are id