There are many fascinating types of monkeys found all over the world and these monkeys can be divided into different categories based on their attributes, origin, and native environment. They all vary in size, coloration, and where they live in the world – many of which I will show you in this post!

At the level of species, there are around 250 types of monkeys all around the world! These can be divided into two main types: The New World Monkeys and the Old World Monkeys, depending on where they originate from.

I will explain more about these major type classifications at the end of this article and include a list of all monkeys recorded to date.

Monkeys differ in many aspects, their size, lifespan, diet, habitat, and even their type of teeth!

I have selected 30 of the most fascinating types of monkeys, representing all monkey types from different climates, habitats, and countries.

After going through these (and you can use the table of content to jump to whichever you like) I will go deeper into how these monkeys group into more general groups, and what sets them apart!

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Bald Uakari

The bald Uakari is a type of monkey that is found in the Amazon rainforest where it prefers to live near rivers in flooded forests. Because of this they only live high up in the trees during the rainy season. They are characterized by their bright red hair and bald head, which helps them to stay cool in the hot jungle. The males with the reddest faces attract most females.

The females have a special gland that releases a smell that encourages the males to mate with them. They live in large groups of up to 100 individuals and travel large distances of around 3 miles (5 km) every day to find enough food.

They fiercely defend their territory by making loud noises and moving their tail. Their diet consists mainly of fruit and seeds. Its jaw and teeth are specially adapted so that it can break the hardest seeds that other animals cannot eat.

Monkey Name: Bald Uakari
Type of monkey (Family): Pitheciidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Cacajao
Species Name: calvus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 7.54
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 3.42
Size (Inches): 21.281507555
Maximum lifespan (years): 27
Newborn Weight (lbs): Not known
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6
Typical Group Size: 23.7
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 5.83

Barbary Macaque

The Barbary macaque is found in the Atlas Mountains, which are located between Morocco and Algeria. Some of them live in Gibraltar, making them the only wild monkeys in Europe. They have a very unique appearance that includes short, red-orange hair and no tail.

They are known to be very aggressive, which has caused them to be hunted by humans. They are also one of the few types of monkeys that live in a cold climate.

The males play an unusually large role in rearing all the young monkeys because they do not know which of them are theirs. The leader of the group is a female. They are popular in the illegal pet trade.

Monkey Name: Barbary Macaque
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Macaca
Species Name: sylvanus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 25.2
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 11.47
Size (Inches): 21.65
Maximum lifespan (years): 22
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.9
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.49
Typical Group Size: 18.3
Diet type: Omnivorus
Monkeys per Square Mile: 4.8

Black Snub-Nosed Monkey

Snub-nosed monkeys of the genus Rhinopithecus are found along the eastern Himalayas from Nagaland, India to Hainan Island in China.

They live in forests in the highest mountain regions (2920 miles, 4700 km) that have extremely low temperatures and thin air to which they are well adapted. No other monkey is able to live at such high altitudes.

They have a genetic adaptation that allows them to handle a low amount of oxygen. The nose of these monkeys has a unique appearance as if it is missing. They mainly eat lichens and moss growing on trees.

There are two main species: R. bieti and R. roxellana. A third, the Myanmar Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) was discovered in 2010.

It’s now known that the Myanmar Snub-Nosed Monkey is not a distinct species, but rather it lives within the range of the Black Snub-Nosed Monkeys. The two are so similar that genetic analysis has shown they are actually subspecies of each other.

Monkey Name: Black Snub-Nosed Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Rhinopithecus
Species Name: bieti
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 24.25
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 11
Size (Inches): 28.277968026
Maximum lifespan (years): 23
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.93
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.6
Typical Group Size: 50
Diet type: Omnivorus
Monkeys per Square Mile: 0.96

Black Spider Monkey

The Spider monkey is one of the largest types of monkeys that live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Because they are so large they are often hunted and eaten by people. They have very long limbs, especially their arms, which is why they are named after their (very) distant insect relative…

The hands and feet also have opposable thumbs and big toes that help them to climb through trees with ease. They also rely heavily on their long, strong tails for balance and to grab onto branches during climbing. They live very high up (98 ft, 30 m) in the rainforest trees.

Spider monkeys are very social and forage in groups for fruits and other plant material. These are the smartest types of New World monkeys.

Monkey Name: Black spider Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Atelidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Ateles
Species Name: paniscus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 19.17
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 8.69
Size (Inches): 22.6
Maximum lifespan (years): 37.8
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1
Pregnancy Duration (months): 7.6
Typical Group Size: 20
Diet type: Omnivorus
Monkeys per Square Mile: 3

Blue Monkey

The blue monkey is found in tropical forests in Africa. They are named for their long, fluffy coats of bluish-grey fur. Blue monkeys live together in big groups of one male and a few females with their young.

They live in trees and eat fruit, leaves, and flowers. They can carry food in pouches in their cheeks. They are not very aggressive and often quiet, mostly communicating via body language. They sometimes work together with groups of different types of monkeys to fight predators.

Monkey Name: Blue Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Cercopithecus
Species Name: mitis
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 11.1
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 5.04
Size (Inches): 22.63
Maximum lifespan (years): 27.1
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.88
Pregnancy Duration (months): 4.613
Typical Group Size: 16
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 27.1

Colombian Red Howler

The Colombian red howler monkey is found throughout the rainforests of Colombia, Venezuela, Equador, Brazil and Peru.

Their fur is reddish-brown in color but this changes as they get older. Their long tail has no hair at the bottom so they can grab onto branches better.

The incredibly loud howling sound they make can be heard for several kilometers (3 miles, 5 km) across the rainforest to communicate with different groups that are far away. Singing is mostly done early in the morning when they start to move around to find new feeding areas.

The purpose of this is to chase other groups away so they will have less competition for food. Leaves are the most important their diet. Groups have one dominant male and several females. These monkeys prefer to walk rather than jump between trees.

Monkey Name: Colombian Red Howler
Type of monkey (Family): Atelidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Alouatta
Species Name: seniculus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 14.10
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 6.39
Size (Inches): 22
Maximum lifespan (years): 25
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.64
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6.33
Typical Group Size: 7.9
Diet type: Omnivore
Monkeys per Square Mile: 17.17

Colombian White-faced Capuchin

The Colombian white-faced capuchin is found in the rainforest of Colombia. They are popular in the illegal pet trade and are also known as “organ grinder” monkeys because they are often seen performing in street shows.

They have a white face and body with black hair on their head. They often hold their tail in a round, curled position. It lives in large groups in the wild.

They eat fruit, nuts, insects, and other small animals.

They are very smart and have been observed to use tools to get to food and rub certain leaves over their bodies as a way to self-medicate. Sometimes they mix with groups of howler monkeys and have been seen grooming their fur.

Fun fact: The Monkey named Jack from the Pirates of the Caribbean films and Abu from Aladin and Marcel from Friends are Capuchin monkeys!

Monkey Name: Colombian White-faced Capuchin
Type of monkey (Family): Cebidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Cebus
Species Name: capucinus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 6.62
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 3
Size (Inches): 14.874811182
Maximum lifespan (years): 54.8
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.52
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.3
Typical Group Size: 18.15
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 10.52

Common Marmoset

The common marmoset is found in the rainforest of South America. They are a very small type of monkey with claws instead of nails, and their fur is a light brown color with white tufts on their ears. They eat fruit, fungi, bird eggs, insects, and other small animals.

Often they bite holes into branches and lick the sap or resin that seeps out of the tree. This is a reliable source of food when there are no fruits or insects to find.

Common Marmoset monkeys jump around between trees in a similar way as squirrels do, and live in small family groups where they help raise each other’s young. Two tiny non-identical twins are often born that firmly grasp onto their mother’s coat, who will carry them around.

Monkey Name: Common Marmoset
Type of monkey (Family): Cebidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Callithrix
Species Name: jacchus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 0.63
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 0.29
Size (Inches): 8
Maximum lifespan (years): 16.8
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.06
Pregnancy Duration (months): 4.8
Typical Group Size: 8.55
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 196.2

Crab-eating Macaque

The crab-eating macaque is found in Southeast Asia. They have rough, tan fur and a pink face. Crab-eating macaques live together in groups with dominant females and have complex social interactions and ways to solve conflicts.

Crab-eating Macaques are mainly opportunistic in their choice of food, but enjoy eating crabs (hence their name!) and other seafood like shrimp and clams. Occasionally they use tools to get to food and can store this in their cheek pouches like hamsters.

Crab-eating Macaques have lived alongside people for a very long time and are considered pests by some and sacred by others. These monkeys often reside in temples where they are being fed by tourists. They are also used in the illegal pet trade and for scientific research.

Their cousins, the Pigtailed macaque is trained by humans to pick coconuts!

People have transported them to many different areas in the world where they did not use to occur, which is often problematic for the animals and plants there that they then eat or destroy.

Monkey Name: Crab-eating Macaque
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Macaca
Species Name: fascicularis
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 10
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 4.56
Size (Inches): 20.2756015
Maximum lifespan (years): 38
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.7247908712
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.48
Typical Group Size: 27
Diet type: Narrow diet (mostly crabs!)
Monkeys per Square Mile: 19.30

De Brazza’s Monkey

The Brazza’s monkey is one of the most widespread monkeys found in the rainforest of Africa but they are hard to find and observe. They prefer to live near rivers and swamps in pairs or small groups. The females are a lot smaller than the males. Their coat is black with a remarkable eyebrow-like pattern in reddish-brown and a white beard.

And even the female monkeys have a beard!

They like to hide in dense vegetation where they eat plants and insects but can occasionally go down to the ground to eat. They themselves are eaten by eagles, chimpanzees, leopards, and humans.

Monkey Name: De Brazza’s Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Cercopithecus
Species Name: neglectus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 11.73
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 5.3
Size (Inches): 20.07
Maximum lifespan (years): 26.3
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.57
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.73
Typical Group Size: 5
Diet type: Narrow diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 11.20

East Javan Langur

The East Javan langur is found in Indonesia on Java and the surrounding islands. They are known for their golden-white fur and very long tails.

East Javan Langurs can be found in the middle and some outer edges of the rainforests and mangroves where it stays up in the trees. They mainly eat leaves and have special adaptations to their gut to deal with these.

Because there is not much energy in the leaves and their digestion takes a long time, the monkeys are not very active so they do not waste energy. They are an endangered species because they have been hunted for their meat and their forests are disappearing.

Monkey Name: East Javan Langur
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Trachypithecus
Species Name: auratus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 21.4
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 9.7
Size (Inches): 21
Maximum lifespan (years): 23
Newborn Weight (lbs): Not known
Pregnancy Duration (months): Not known
Typical Group Size: 11
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: 16.21

Emperor Tamarin

The Emperor tamarin is an active and very small monkey found in the Lowland Amazon rainforest. They have a distinctive white mustache and black markings on their face, arms, and legs. They got their name because they resembled a German emperor.

Emperor tamarins live in groups of up to six individuals and eat fruit, flowers, insects, and other small animals.

They live in groups where the males are also helping to rear the young and are known to be better at keeping an eye on them and are more protective than the females. The males often carry around the twin babies while the dominant female searches for food.

Fun fact: An Emperor Tamarin is featured as the pet of the antagonist in the animation picture “Rio”.

Monkey Name: Emperor Tamarin
Type of monkey (Family): Cebidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Saguinus
Species Name: imperator
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 0.89
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 0.40
Size (Inches): 10
Maximum lifespan (years): 20.2
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.10
Pregnancy Duration (months): Not known
Typical Group Size: 5
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: 7.1

Gee’s Golden Langur

Gee’s Golden Langur is found in the forests of India. These beautiful monkeys are black with golden fur on their heads, backs, and arms. They are an endangered sub-species of Golden Langurs. This type of monkey is often very calm but can be dangerous if threatened. People in the Himalayas consider it to be sacred.

Golden Langurs live in small groups in the tree canopy where they mainly eat fruits, leaves and flowers. They drink rainwater and dew from leaves and do not come down to the ground to drink. These are the most endangered monkeys in India.

The diet of the Golden Langur monkeys is fairly narrow and consists mainly of young leaves, fruits, seeds, shoots, flowers, and insects.

Monkey Name: Gee’s Golden Langur
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Trachypithecus
Species Name: geei
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 18.42
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 8.3
Size (Inches): 23.8189105
Maximum lifespan (years): Not recorded
Newborn Weight (lbs): Not known
Pregnancy Duration (months): Not known
Typical Group Size: 11
Diet type: Narrow diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 1

Gelada Monkey

The Gelada monkey is only found in the highlands of Ethiopia. They are related to baboons, and males are known for their loud vocalizations that can be heard from a great distance. Although they may look a bit frightening, they are usually not aggressive towards humans and they themselves are eaten by servals, leopards, and hyenas.

They are also called bleeding-heart monkeys because of a red patch of skin on their chest. When females are ready to reproduce their patch becomes darker red with bumps.

They live on the ground, are herbivores and graze mainly on grasses. They use their extra strong and small fingers to help them pull grass from the ground to eat.

Gelada monkeys live in complex social groups of up to 10 individuals and they have a very interesting social structure. For example, the females are dominant over the males in groups which is unusual for most types of monkeys. Females also have very strong social bonds which are usually between females and their young offspring but can include other members as well.

Monkey Name: Gelada
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Theropithecus
Species Name: Gelada
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 35.19
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 15.96
Size (Inches): 24.4
Maximum lifespan (years): 28
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1.02
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6
Typical Group Size: 10
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per (Square Miles): 20

Golden Lion Tamarin

Golden Lion Tamarin is a small monkey that lives in a very limited part of the coastal Atlantic Forest of Brazil. These monkeys have remarkable orange-golden fur with lion-like manes around their hairless face.

Golden Lion Tamarins have claws instead of fingernails that help them climb up the sides of tree trunks. These monkeys sleep a lot and do this in different nests each day to avoid predators. Early in the morning, they go out to search for fruits and they switch to eating insects in the afternoon, which they search for in bromeliads, vines, lianas, and hollow trees.

Golden Lion Tamarins are important dispersers of the seeds that are found in fruits they eat, helping plants to move to new areas of the forest. They are mainly monogamous, often give birth to twins, and live in small groups.

Monkey Name: Golden Lion Tamarin
Type of monkey (Family): Cebidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Leontopithecus
Species Name: rosalia
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 1.3
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 0.59
Size (Inches): 10.244887422
Maximum lifespan (years): 24.8
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.11
Pregnancy Duration (months): 4.4
Typical Group Size: 4.5
Diet type: Narrow diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 1.5

Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey

The Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey is found very high up in mountain forests in Sichuan and Yunnan in China. It lives in the tree canopy. They can withstand the cold climate in the area where it often snows by having a thick coat and grouping closely together. They live in groups that can vary a lot in size.

These monkeys have black under-fur with golden color on the surface. Their face has a characteristic blue coloring and their nose has a remarkable shape.

These Snub-Nosed Monkeys consume a purely plant-based diet of leaves, mosses, and lichens, which they are able to ferment in their specially adapted gut.

Monkey Name: Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Rhinopithecus
Species Name: roxellana
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 29.6
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 13.4
Size (Inches): 25.47639171
Maximum lifespan (years): 23
Newborn Weight (lbs): Not known
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6.6
Typical Group Size: 65
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: 1.7

Guinea Baboon

Guinea Baboons live in the grassy plains and savannas of West Africa. These monkeys have black or brown fur, with a lighter-colored chest. They have a characteristic crest of hair on their heads and are the smallest species of baboons. The males have particularly long canines. Their limbs are adapted to be able to walk long distances on the ground but they sleep in trees or other high places at night to avoid lions and hyenas.

When they forage for food, they do this in pairs of males and females together to provide protection to the females. They are omnivores that can live off a lot of different foods that they find on the ground. They dig in the ground to find water.

Guinea Baboons can occur in very large groups. They are not very aggressive amongst each other, especially the males who do not have a clear hierarchy.

Monkey Name: Guinea Baboon
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Papio
Species Name: papio
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 40
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 18
Size (Inches): 30
Maximum lifespan (years): 40
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1.3
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6.15
Typical Group Size: 50
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 4.3

Hamadryas Baboon

The Hamadryas baboon is found in the rocky, dry areas of the horn of Africa and the middle east where they have fewer predators. The ancient Egyptians often depicted them in their art and considered them sacred. They mainly live on the ground where they do not eat a lot of plants, but mainly insects and other small animals.

Hamadryas Baboons have also been seen eating Antilope. In the dry season, they have to stay close to water holes. They have a distinctive protruding face and the males have a long and fluffy mane of white and grey hair on their heads and bodies.

The males are almost twice the size of females. Hamadryas baboons live together in troops that are ruled by males and can contain a large number of individuals. They sometimes aggressively show off their large canines to each other. The females raise the young that are protected by the males.

Monkey Name: Hamadryas Baboon
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Papio
Species Name: hamadryas
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 31
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 14
Size (Inches): 26.5
Maximum lifespan (years): 37.5
Newborn Weight (lbs): 2
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6
Typical Group Size: 36.9
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: 1

Guatemalan Black Howler Monkey

Howler monkeys are the loudest animal in the world. Their extremely loud voice is used to attract females and scare off other males. These monkeys are the largest type of Howler and live in the lowland tropical rainforests of South and Central America where they avoid riverbanks.

The Guatemalan Black Howler Monkey is very picky with its food and never eats any insects or other animals. They have adapted to mainly eat leaves, but since these do not contain a lot of energy they cannot be very active, so they sleep a lot during the day.

They live in groups with one dominant male and several females, but the females raise their young by themselves.

They belong to the Alouatta genus of monkeys. These monkeys can be found in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America. The Guatemalan Black Howler monkey is the largest of the Howler monkeys and weighs up to 30 pounds (males).

Monkey Name: Guatemalan black howler
Type of monkey (Family): Atelidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Alouatta
Species Name: pigra
Adult Typical Body Weight (lbs): 16
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 8
Size (Inches): 22.3
Maximum lifespan (years): 20
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6
Typical Group Size: 5.5
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: 3.3

Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey)

The Japanese macaque is found in the forests of Japan. They have thick, light brown fur and distinctive red face. They are also known as “snow monkeys” because they live in cold, mountainous areas. They have discovered that they can deal with the cold by bathing in warm thermal pools.

They love to soak in these and the young ones can often be seen playing and jumping in them. This is a popular tourist attraction. Their coats are very thick which helps them to handle temperatures of as low as -20 degrees celsius (-4 F). Groups are led by dominant females.

They are very smart and have been seen to wash potatoes in seawater before eating them to give them a salty taste. Other monkeys copied this behavior and it was passed on through several generations. Some have even been seen to make snow balls for fun!

To heat themselves in the winter, they swim in the natural Japanese hot springs!

Monkey Name: Japanese Macaque
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Macaca
Species Name: fuscata
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 22.3
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 10.1
Size (Inches): 32.5
Maximum lifespan (years): 33
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1.1
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.7
Typical Group Size: 40.65
Diet type: Omnivorus
Monkeys per Square Mile: 11.6

Lion-tailed Macaque

The Lion-tailed macaque is found in the rainforest of the Western Ghats mountain range of India. They have a distinctive long, black, and silver mane and a golden-brown coat of fur. It is named for its tail that looks like a lion’s tail. It spends most of its life in trees, hiding away from humans.

The lion-tailed macaques live in groups and eat fruit, leaves, flowers, seeds, insects, and small vertebrates such as lizards. They can store food in their cheek pouches. When they are in a calm area where they can eat they rub their hands on their cheeks to release the food into their mouth and eat it.

They have 17 different calls that they use to communicate with each other. Dominant males stick their tails in the air to signal their position in the hierarchy.

Monkey Name: Lion-tailed Macaque
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Macaca
Species Name: silenus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 13.21
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 5.9
Size (Inches): 21.5
Maximum lifespan (years): 40
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.9173644282
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.73
Typical Group Size: 21
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 0.389

The Mandrill

The Mandrill is the world’s largest and heaviest monkey and is found in the forests of Africa. They have reddish-brown fur, and their face is covered in brightly-colored skin which can change color depending on their mood.

They are not related to baboons even though they look somewhat similar. Mandrills typically live in troops of 20 individuals but have been seen in groups that contain up to 1300 individuals, the largest group of primates ever recorded.

The color of the mandril’s face and rump is indicative of its placement in the group hierarchy, with brighter colors leading to a higher status. They are omnivores that eat a lot of different things, even including other vertebrates like small Antilope, but they prefer fruits.

They themselves are eaten by pythons, eagles, and leopards. They spend the most time on the ground and sometimes climb trees.

Many of you may know this type of monkey already as the Mandrill named Rafiki in the “The Lion King” movies.

Monkey Name: Mandrill
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Mandrillus
Species Name: sphinx
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 36.7
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 16.6
Size (Inches): 29.87
Maximum lifespan (years): 46
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1.35
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.7
Typical Group Size: 14
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 8.26

Olive Baboon

The Olive Baboon is indigenous to 25 counties in Africa, making them the widest-ranging type of baboon. These monkeys live in several different habitats and spend the most time on the ground. They are known for their smooth, silver-green hair. Different groups of baboons have very different social structures.

The olive baboon is the least social type of baboon, and they are known for being highly aggressive and having large canines. Females are the leaders of the group and their daughters inherit their mother’s status. Babies have black coats and bright pink skins and are mainly raised by their mothers.

These monkeys communicate with each other via different grunting sounds, barks, screams, and lip-smacking.

Monkey Name: Olive Baboon
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Papio
Species Name: anubis
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 39.08
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 17.72
Size (Inches): 30
Maximum lifespan (years): 25.2
Newborn Weight (lbs): 2.0884585722
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.9
Typical Group Size: 40
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 4.16

Proboscis Monkey

The Proboscis monkey is only found in Borneo, and it’s named after its large, drooping nose. The male monkeys’ noses can get to be about the size of their entire face! The males with the largest noses are able to make louder honking noises, making them more attractive to the females.

They are usually made fun of and referred to as “Dutch monkeys” by the native people of Borneo as resembling the white, fat, red-nosed sailors that arrived from The Netherlands during the colonization of Borneo.

Unlike most other types of monkeys, this type is mostly herbivorous, and it mainly eats young leaves, shoots, and unripe fruits. Their bellies are very big so they can ferment the leaves. They live in the mangrove forests near the rivers and have webbed toes, possibly for swimming. They are one of the largest types of monkeys in Asia.

The babies have a blue face for the first few months after they are born. They live in groups with dominant males but are not very territorial towards other groups living in the same area, probably because there are plenty of leaves to eat.

Monkey Name: Proboscis Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Nasalis
Species Name: larvatus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 27.04
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 12.2
Size (Inches): 25.491746049
Maximum lifespan (years): 21
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.992079
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.50
Typical Group Size: 11.25
Diet type: Broad diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 3.47

Pygmy Marmoset

The Pygmy marmoset is the world’s smallest monkey – and maybe the cutest? Pygmy marmosets are usually about six to seven inches long, and they typically weigh only about four ounces.

They are also known as “finger monkeys” because of their pronounced fingers that look almost like the finger of a human and because they have the size of a human finger when small!

Although, strictly speaking, they are actually more related to lemurs than monkeys.

They are found in the rainforests of South America, and their habitats cover parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.

They prefer forests near rivers and specialize in eating gum from trees by biting in the bark and licking it when it oozes out.

This then attracts butterflies that they also like to eat. They live in small groups with dominant males and several females that give birth to twins twice a year. They all take part in raising the babies.

Despite its tiny size, it can jump up to 17 feet and has the ability to twist its head at 180-degree angles!

Monkey Name: Pygmy Marmoset
Type of monkey (Family): Cebidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Callithrix
Species Name: pygmaea
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 0.27
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 0.12
Size (Inches): 6
Maximum lifespan (years): 15.1
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.03196699
Pregnancy Duration (months): 4.48
Typical Group Size: 6
Diet type: Narrow diet
Monkeys per Square Mile: 6.13

Red-Shanked Douc

The Red-shanked Douc is one of the most colorful monkeys and comes from the rainforests of Southeast Asia. They are mostly arboreal, and they usually live in small groups of up to six individuals.

They sometimes come down to the ground to eat dirt with minerals and salt. The tail cannot be used to grasp onto branches and is only used for balance. These monkeys prefer to communicate with each other via facial expressions rather than sound.

They mainly eat leaves that have a lot of fiber which they break down in their large stomachs by using bacteria that ferment it. Females will help each other with raising the babies and sometimes even breastfeed others young.

Monkey Name: Red-Shanked Douc
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Pygathrix
Species Name: nemaeus
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 20.7
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 9.41
Size (Inches): 24.542139237
Maximum lifespan (years): 25
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.42
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6
Typical Group Size: 9.3
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: Not known

Rhesus Macaque

The Rhesus Macaque is a very common type of monkey that lives in many Asian countries in a wide variety of habitats. This breed can live up to 30 years and it is commonly used for scientific research. It has helped with many scientific breakthroughs, such as the invention of many vaccines and medications for HIV.

This monkey has even been to space in a rocket! It is also the type of monkey most commonly used in circus performances. In the wild, they live in social groups of around 38 individuals that are led by dominant females. They eat a lot of different plants and insects.

Monkey Name: Rhesus Macaque
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Macaca
Species Name: mulatta
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 14.23
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 6.4
Size (Inches): 21.8504055
Maximum lifespan (years): 36
Newborn Weight (lbs): 1.03
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.53
Typical Group Size: 38.5
Diet type: Picky
Monkeys per Square Mile: 4.2

Roloway Monkey

The Rollaway monkey is an endangered type of monkey that lives in a small area of the tropical forests of western Africa. They need intact forests without human disturbance and where they can hide well. It is often eaten by people and therefore threatened. Groups have one male and several females with young.

This type of monkey has dark brown fur that is almost black. However, its stomach is lighter in color and it has a white patch of fur on the chest. They live high up in the trees where they eat a variety of plants and small animals. It runs away when there is danger and is therefore very hard to observe and we know very little about them.

Monkey Name: Roloway Monkey
Type of monkey (Family): Cercopithecidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Cercopithecus
Species Name: roloway
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 6.61386
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 3
Size (Inches): 25.590565
Maximum lifespan (years): 20
Newborn Weight (lbs): Not known
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6
Typical Group Size: 2
Diet type: Omnivorus
Monkeys per Square Mile: Not known

Slow Loris

The Slow Loris is a primate that lives in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. They have brown fur and big, dark eyes. Because of its cute looks and very mild temperament, it is often illegally held as a pet but does not do well in captivity at all.

However, when they are scared they raise their arms and rub a toxin on their attacker that is produced by glands in their armpits. This gesture may be mistaken for an attempt to greet you with a hug, but is intended quite oppositely to harm you!

They can also bite to deliver a different toxin that is produced in their saliva. They are the only toxic primates. The toxin is comparable to the protein that causes cat allergies but has been fatal to people that went into anaphylactic shock.

They move extremely slowly, hence their name. They are only active at night. They eat fruit, gum from trees, and small animals and they forage alone. Slow Loris raises their young together and carries the baby around on their back in turn.

Monkey Name: Slow lori
Type of monkey (Family): Lorisidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Nycticebus
Species Name: coucang
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 2
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 0.92
Size (Inches): 11.8
Maximum lifespan (years): 26.5
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.1
Pregnancy Duration (months): 6.36
Typical Group Size: 1
Diet type: Omnivorus
Monkeys per Square Mile: 7.7

Aye-aye “monkey”

The aye-aye is actually a lemur, but I have included it because it is a very interesting example of a nocturnal funny-fingered primate!

The Aye-aye is only found in a small part of the rainforests of Madagascar. They have long, bushy tails and big ears. They are the largest nocturnal primates, meaning they are most active at night. During the day they sleep in round nests made of leaves in the treetops.

They live alone in the trees and mark their large territories with scent. They jump from tree to tree like squirrels. They use their big ears to listen for insects inside trees that they can eat.

Aye-ayes are also known for their strange fingers that each has different lengths and widths. These nifty digits function as a highly specialized toolbox for extracting different types of insects from different kinds of tree bark.

The fingers of the Aye-aye monkey are highly specialized to pick out insects from different types of bark. Photo by Dr. Mirko Junge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Aye-aye rapidly tap the trees with their fingers and listen for an echo caused by the hollow chambers that insects make in the wood.

They then use their teeth to make a hole in the bark and use their fingers to extract the insects that are buried deep inside.

This unique feeding method is called percussive foraging. They are classified as endangered animals because they are killed because of their scary appearance and the destruction of the rainforest and may go extinct if nothing is done to preserve them.

Apart from eating insects, they are also one of the few primates known to eat coconuts.

Monkey Name: Aye-aye
Type of monkey (Family): Daubentoniidae
Type of monkey (Genus): Daubentonia
Species Name: madagascariensis
Adult Body Weight (lbs): 6
Adult Body Weight (Kg): 2.73
Size (Inches): 15.74804
Maximum lifespan (years): 24.3
Newborn Weight (lbs): 0.26
Pregnancy Duration (months): 5.5
Typical Group Size: 1
Diet type: Omnivore
Monkeys per Square Mile: 15.3

The two major types of monkyes: Old and New world monkeys

When we look at the types of monkeys that we know of today, there are two major groups to consider: Those from the “Old World” and those of the “New World”.

The “New” and “Old” in these designations refer to the time when the continents of the world were “discovered”. It basically refers to South and Central America as the new world and the rest of the world as the old world.

New World Monkeys

New world monkeys are the types of monkeys that are found in the “New World” of South and Central America. These monkeys are also known as platyrrhines.

There are around 150 species of New World monkeys that have been identified to date including capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys, and howler monkeys.

New world monkeys have flat noses and nostrils which face sideways instead of forwards like the nostrils of the Old World monkeys.

Old World Monkeys

Old world monkeys are the types of monkeys that are found predominantly in Africa, Asia, and some parts of Southern Europe. These types of monkeys are also known as “catarrhines”.

Old-world monkeys have their nostrils facing forwards just as humans do.

Similarities between Old World and New World Monkeys

Despite their different habitats, living conditions, and diets, there are a number of similarities that Old World and New World monkeys share.

Both Old World and New World monkeys are highly intelligent, adaptable, and resourceful animals. They are both diurnal (active during the day) and arboreal (live in trees). They both have nails instead of claws which help them grasp tree branches and climb up and down trees.

New World monkeys and Old World monkeys also both live in extended family groups which may consist of several male members, several female members, and their offspring.

Differences between Old World and New World Monkeys

While similar in more ways than they are different, there are a number of important differences which separate Old World and New World monkeys:

Old world monkeys have a more slender build compared to New world monkeys which tend to be stockier in build.
Some New World monkeys also have a different set of teeth. They have three premolar teeth whereas Old World monkeys only have two premolars, resulting in old world monkeys having 32 teeth and Some New World monkeys like the capuchin or howler monkeys having 36 teeth!
The New Woeld monkeys belong to the suborder of Platyrrhini which litterally means “broad nose”, and their broad and flat nose is another distingushable trait that sets them apart from the Old World monkeys.
Old world monkeys have more prehensile (gripping) feet than New World monkeys. This means that Old world monkeys can hold things (branches etc.) in their feet whereas New World monkeys cannot.
Old world monkeys do not have prehensile tails like New World monkeys do. Instead, Old world monkeys have tails which help them balance when they are moving around on thin branches.
New World monkeys do not have thumbs, but Old World monkeys do. This means that New World monkeys are unable to hold onto objects properly which makes life in the trees more difficult for them.
New world monkeys spend more time on the ground than Old world monkeys who are more inclined to live in the trees, but it is thought that this is because New world monkeys tend to live in areas where the trees do not grow as tall as those of the Old World.

Maybe you can already tell from these differences, whether your favorite monkey is from the “Old” or “New” world? If not, I have included two lists of all monkey species belonging to each type at the end of this article.

What about Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Orangutans?

So now that we went through some of the most amazing monkeys on earth, you may be wondering where those big chest hammering, three swinging, tool-using primates are on that list? Well, then you are thinking about apes, not monkeys…

But what’s the difference?

Are apes and monkeys not the same?

No. Apes and monkeys are not the same. Monkeys and Apes are both primates and share a common ancestor that lived 25 to 30 million years ago.

Maybe you have heard that we humans are not monkeys but are closely related genetically. This is because our grand, grand, grand (repeat ~100000 times) parents looked more like a chimpanzee than you do. I hope…

However, “ape” is sometimes used as another word for “monkey” but this is not scientifically correct. Apes do indeed belong to the larger group of primates to which monkeys also belong, but they are quite different (being one myself, I speak from experience…).

Apes (Hominoidea)

The group of Apes includes Gibbons, Chimpanzees, Orangutans, Bonobos, Gorillas, and our own species (humans)! All apes are quite intelligent, and they have the ability to use tools, make decisions for themselves, and solve problems.

Gibbon

The Gibbons are a group of apes that live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and parts of China.

Contrary to the other apes listed here, they belong to the group of “lesser apes” (Hylobatidae) that are smaller and spend most of their lives climbing trees. Gibbons are very active, and they are capable of swinging and leaping from tree to tree at impressive speeds.

Gibbons also differentiate themselves from the other great apes by forming stable mating pairs, rather than adhering to the more loose partner ethics of their great ape cousins.

They mainly eat fruit, however, they also occasionally supplement their diets with leaves, flowers, insects, and the eggs of smaller birds.

Orangutan

The Orangutan is a type of ape that lives in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. These apes are the largest living arboreal animals. They have reddish-brown hair, and their faces are covered in long white fur. Orangutans are very intelligent, and they are known for being able to use tools and solve problems.

Chimpanzee

The Chimpanzee is a type of ape that lives in the rainforests of Africa. Chimpanzees are the most common type of ape, and they are known for being highly intelligent and social animals.

Gorilla

The Gorilla is a type of ape that lives in the rainforests of Africa. Gorillas are the largest living land animals on Earth. Male gorillas can weigh up to 400 pounds, and females can weigh up to 200 pounds! They have black fur, and their faces are covered in long silver hair. Gorillas are very social animals, and they live in groups that can number up to 50 individuals.

Bonobo

The Bonobo is a type of ape that lives in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bonobos are very similar to Chimpanzees, however, they are considered to be more peaceful and less aggressive than their cousins. They use tools, make decisions for themselves, and solve fairly complex problems.

Humans

Well, you know this animal I assume… We, as humans, are the most adaptive type of ape that has managed to colonize almost the entire planet! Humans are the only species in the group of Apes that can speak.

We are also separating ourselves from the remainder of apes by being highly intelligent and having the ability to use advanced tools, think abstract thoughts, and solve abstract and complicated problems.

What are the main differences between Apes and Monkeys?

The main difference is that apes are more intelligent and can use tools, while Monkeys cannot.

This is due to the bigger brains of apes compared to monkeys. The more complex brain also allows apes to communicate, which allows them to form more complex social groups than monkeys do.

Other anatomical differences between apes and monkeys include:

A tail – monkeys have tails and apes do not!
Apes have larger and heavier bodies.
Apes have the ability to walk upright using only their hind legs.
They also tend to move around threes by swinging rather than climbing.
Apes have appendixes, while monkeys don’t.

To understand how apes and monkeys are related, we need to look into the two groups or types of currently living monkeys. These are divided into the “new world” and “old world” monkeys and the apes diverged from the Old World monkeys approximately 27 million years ago.

Summary figure showing the relationship between primates. Figure from https://www.zooportraits.com/great-apes-chimpanzee/.

What types of monkeys live in Australia?

There are no monkeys that live in Australia. The closest monkey to Australia would be the Rhesus Macaque, which is found in Asia.
However, there have been some cases of Rhesus Macaques being brought over to Australia illegally and then released into the wild. So it is possible for monkeys to live in Australia although there are not originally from there.

What types of monkeys live in Europe?

Only the Barbary Macaque lives outside of Zoos in Europe. They live on the rocky cliffs of Gibraltar in Southern Europe.

What types of monkeys live in Hawaii?

Although the Islands of Hawaii are tropical and seem ideal as a monkey habitat, no wild monkeys currently live in Hawaii.

What types of monkeys live in Nepal?

The following types of monkey live in Nepal: the rhesus macaque, Hanuman langur and stump-tailed macaque. The first two breeds are found throughout most of Nepal, while the stump-tailed macaque is only found in the southern part of the country. All three of these breeds are considered sacred in Hinduism.

What types of monkeys live in North America?

There are no native monkeys that live in North America, however, there are invasive species of Rhesus Macaque monkeys that live in smaller colonies in Florida and Morgan Island, in South Carolina.

The closest wild monkey to the continent would be the monkeys of Central and South America.

What types of monkeys live in South America?

The following types of monkey live in South America: the squirrel monkey, the common marmoset, the capuchin monkey, the howler monkey and the spider monkey. The squirrel monkey is found in the tropical rain forests of Brazil. Common marmosets, capuchin monkeys and howler monkeys are only found in the Brazilian rain forests as well (though capuchins can also be found in parts of Venezuela). The squirrel monkey is a small species that usually weighs around 150g.

The common marmoset lives mainly outside on branches high off the ground, while the capuchin monkey is a very social species that lives in large groups. The howler and spider monkeys are both arboreal (tree-dwelling) creatures, with the latter being able to move around on all fours as well.

What types of monkeys live on the island of Madagascar?

While no actual monkeys live in Madagascar, there are other primates in the form of lemurs that look and behave like monkeys.

The following breeds of lemurs live on the African island of Madagascar: the ring-tailed lemur, black lemur, white-fronted lemur, red-ruffed lemur, and brown lemur.

The most common and widely distributed species of lemur in Madagascar is the ring-tailed lemur, which has a black body with white rings on its tail. The other breeds of lemur that live on the island are smaller and less numerous than the ring-tailed variety.

What types of monkeys live in Uganda?

The following types of monkeys live in Uganda:

Golden Monkey
De Brazza’s Monkey
Black-and-white Colobus Monkey
Red Colobus Monkey
Grey-cheeked Mangabey
L’Hoest’s Monkey
De Brazza’s Monkey
Red-tailed Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Patas Monkey
Baboons
Blue Monkey

List of New World Monkeys

Below is a list of all the monkeys know to live in Central and South America beloning to the New World Monkeys

Amazon black howler
Andean saddle-back tamarin
Aracá uakari
Ashy black titi
Atlantic titi
Azara’s night monkey
Azaras’s capuchin
Bald uakari
Baptista Lake titi
Barbara Brown’s titi
Bare-eared squirrel monkey
Black bearded saki
Black capuchin
Black howler
Black lion tamarin
Black squirrel monkey
Black tamarin
Black titi
Black-capped squirrel monkey
Black-fronted titi
Black-headed marmoset
Black-headed night monkey
Black-headed spider monkey
Black-headed uakari
Black-mantled tamarin
Black-striped capuchin
Black-tailed marmoset
Black-tufted marmoset
Blond capuchin
Bolivian red howler
Brown howler
Brown spider monkey
Brown titi
Brown weeper capuchin
Brown woolly monkey
Brown-backed bearded saki
Brumback’s night monkey
Buffy-headed marmoset
Buffy-tufted marmoset
Central American squirrel monkey
Chestnut-bellied titi
Coastal black-handed titi
Coiba Island howler
Coimbra Filho’s titi
Collared titi
Collins’ squirrel monkey
Colombian black-handed titi
Colombian white-faced capuchin
Common marmoset
Coppery titi
Cottontop tamarin
Cruz Lima’s saddle-back tamarin
Ecuadorian squirrel monkey
Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin
Emilia’s marmoset
Emperor tamarin
Equatorial saki
Geoffroy’s saddle-back tamarin
Geoffroy’s spider monkey
Geoffroy’s tamarin
Goeldi’s marmoset
Gold-and-white marmoset
Golden lion tamarin
Golden-bellied capuchin
Golden-headed lion tamarin
Golden-mantled tamarin
Gray-bellied night monkey
Gray-handed night monkey
Guatemalan black howler
Guianan squirrel monkey
Guyanan red howler
Hernández-Camacho’s night monkey
Hershkovitz’s marmoset
Hershkovitz’s titi
Hoffmanns’s titi
Humboldt’s squirrel monkey
Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin
Illiger’s saddle-back tamarin
Kaapori capuchin
Lesson’s saddle-back tamarin
Lucifer titi
Madidi titi
Manicore marmoset
Mantled howler
Marañón white-fronted capuchin
Marca’s marmoset
Martins’s tamarin
Maués marmoset
Monk saki
Mottle-faced tamarin
Moustached tamarin
Nancy Ma’s night monkey
Neblina uakari
Northern muriqui
Ollala brothers’ titi
Ornate titi
Panamanian night monkey
Panamanian white-faced capuchin
Peruvian night monkey
Peruvian spider monkey
Pied tamarin
Prince Bernhard’s titi
Pygmy marmoset
Red-backed bearded saki
Red-bellied titi
Red-capped tamarin
Red-faced spider monkey
Red-handed howler
Red-handed tamarin
Red-headed titi
Red-mantled saddle-back tamarin
Rio Acari marmoset
Rio Beni titi
Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin
Rio Mayo titi
Rio Purus titi
Rio Tapajós saki
Roosmalens’ dwarf marmoset
Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin
Santarem marmoset
Shock-headed capuchin
Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin
Silvery marmoset
Southern muriqui
Spix’s night monkey
Spix’s saddle-back tamarin
Spix’s white-fronted capuchin
Stephen Nash’s titi
Superagui lion tamarin
Three-striped night monkey
Tufted capuchin
Uta Hick’s bearded saki
Varied white-fronted capuchin
Venezuelan red howler
Weddell’s saddle-back tamarin
Wedge-capped capuchin
White marmoset
White-cheeked spider monkey
White-coated titi
White-eared titi
White-faced saki
White-footed saki
White-footed tamarin
White-fronted spider monkey
White-headed marmoset
White-lipped tamarin
White-mantled tamarin
White-nosed saki
White-tailed titi
Wied’s marmoset

List of Old World Monkeys

Agile Mangabey
Allen’s Swamp Monkey
Angolan Talapoin
Arunachal Macaque
Assam Macaque
Bale Mountains Vervet
Banded Surili
Barbary Macaque
Black Crested Mangabey
Black Snub-nosed Monkey
Black-footed Gray Langur
Black-shanked Douc
Bonnet Macaque
Booted Macaque
Capped Langur
Celebes Crested Macaque
Chacma Baboon
Collared Mangabey
Crab-eating Macaque
Delacour’s Langur
Drill
Dryas Monkey
Dusky Leaf Monkey
Formosan Rock Macaque
François’ Langur
Gabon Talapoin
Gee’s Golden Langur
Gelada
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Golden-bellied Mangabey
Gorontalo Macaque
Gray Snub-nosed Monkey
Gray-shanked Douc
Green Monkey
Grey-cheeked Mangabey
Grivet
Guinea Baboon
Hamadryas Baboon
Hatinh Langur
Heck’s Macaque
Hose’s Langur
Indochinese Black Langur
Indochinese Lutung
Japanese Macaque
Javan Lutung
Javan Surili
Johnston’s Mangabey
Kashmir Gray Langur
Kipunji
Laotian Langur
Lion-tailed Macaque
Malbrouck
Mandrill
Maroon Leaf Monkey
Mentawai Langur
Moor Macaque
Natuna Island Surili
Nepal Gray Langur
Nilgiri Langur
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
Northern Plains Gray Langur
Olive Baboon
Opdenbosch’s Mangabey
Osman Hill’s Mangabey
Pagai Island Macaque
Patas Monkey
Phayre’s Leaf Monkey
Pig-tailed Langur
Popa Langur
Proboscis Monkey
Purple-faced Langur
Red-shanked Douc
Rhesus Macaque
Sanje Mangabey
Sarawak Surili
Shortridge’s Langur
Siberut Macaque
Silvery Lutung
Sooty Mangabey
Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
Southern Plains Gray Langur
Stump-tailed Macaque
Sumatran Surili
Tana River Mangabey
Tantalus Monkey
Tarai Gray Langur
Tenasserim Lutung
Thomas’s Langur
Tibetan Macaque
Tonkean Macaque
Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur
Toque Macaque
Tufted Gray Langur
Uganda Mangabey
Vervet Monkey
White-fronted Surili
White-headed Langur
White-thighed Surili
Yellow Baboon

Types of Monkeys And Apes! (30+ Species, Diet and Habitat)