Order: Primates (Primates)


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Family: Aotidae (Night Monkeys)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Aotus azarae Azara's Night Monkey
Aotus brumbacki Brumback's Night Monkey
Aotus griseimembra Grey-handed Night Monkey
Aotus jorgehernandezi Hernandez-Camacho's Night Monkey
Aotus lemurinus Grey-bellied Night Monkey
Aotus miconax Peruvian Night Monkey
Aotus nancymaae Nancy Ma's Night Monkey
Aotus nigriceps Black-headed Night Monkey
Aotus trivirgatus Three-striped Night Monkey
Aotus vociferans Spix's Night Monkey
Aotus zonalis Panamanian Night Monkey

Family: Atelidae (Howler, Spider and Woolly Monkeys)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Alouatta arctoidea Ursine Howler
Alouatta belzebul Red-handed Howler
Alouatta caraya Black Howler
Alouatta discolor Spix's Red-handed Howler
Alouatta guariba Brown Howler
Alouatta macconnelli Guyanan Red Howler
Alouatta nigerrima Amazon Black Howler
Alouatta palliata Mantled Howler
Alouatta pigra Guatemalan Black Howler
Alouatta sara Bolivian Red Howler
Alouatta seniculus Venezuelan Red Howler
Alouatta ululata Maranhao Red-handed Howler
Ateles belzebuth White-fronted Spider Monkey
Ateles chamek Peruvian Spider Monkey
Ateles fusciceps Black-headed Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
Ateles hybridus Brown Spider Monkey
Ateles marginatus White-cheeked Spider Monkey
Ateles paniscus Red-faced Spider Monkey
Brachyteles arachnoides Southern Muriqui
Brachyteles hypoxanthus Northern Muriqui
Lagothrix flavicauda Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
Lagothrix lagotricha Brown Woolly Monkey

Family: Callitrichidae (Marmosets and Tamarins)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Callimico goeldii Goeldi's Marmoset
Callithrix aurita Buffy-tufted Marmoset
Callithrix flaviceps Buffy-headed Marmoset
Callithrix geoffroyi White-headed Marmoset
Callithrix jacchus Common Marmoset
Callithrix kuhlii Wied's Marmoset
Callithrix penicillata Black-tufted Marmoset
Cebuella niveiventris Eastern Pygmy Marmoset
Cebuella pygmaea Pygmy Marmoset
Leontocebus cruzlimai Cruz Lima's Saddle-back Tamarin
Leontocebus fuscicollis Brown-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus fuscus Lesson's Saddle-back Tamarin
Leontocebus illigeri Illiger's Saddle-back Tamarin
Leontocebus lagonotus Red-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus leucogenys Andean Saddle-back Tamarin
Leontocebus nigricollis Black-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus nigrifrons Black-fronted Tamarin
Leontocebus tripartitus Golden-mantled Tamarin
Leontocebus weddelli White-mantled Tamarin
Leontopithecus caissara Superagui Lion Tamarin
Leontopithecus chrysomelas Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
Leontopithecus chrysopygus Black Lion Tamarin
Leontopithecus rosalia Golden Lion Tamarin
Mico acariensis Rio Acari Marmoset
Mico argentatus Silvery Marmoset
Mico chrysoleucos Gold-and-white Marmoset
Mico emiliae Emilia's Marmoset
Mico humeralifer Santarem Marmoset
Mico humilis Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset
Mico intermedius Hershkovitz's Marmoset
Mico leucippe White Marmoset
Mico marcai Marca's Marmoset
Mico mauesi Mau s Marmoset
Mico melanurus Black-tailed Marmoset
Mico munduruku Munkuruku Marmoset
Mico nigriceps Black-headed Marmoset
Mico rondoni Rondon's Marmoset
Mico saterei Satere Marmoset
Mico schneideri Schneider's Marmoset
Oedipomidas geoffroyi Geoffroy's Tamarin
Oedipomidas leucopus White-footed Tamarin
Oedipomidas oedipus Cottontop Tamarin
Saguinus bicolor Pied Tamarin
Saguinus martinsi Martins's Tamarin
Saguinus midas Red-handed Tamarin
Saguinus niger Black Tamarin
Saguinus ursulus Eastern Black-handed Tamarin
Tamarinus imperator Emperor Tamarin
Tamarinus inustus Mottle-faced Tamarin
Tamarinus kulina Kulinas' Tamarin
Tamarinus labiatus White-lipped Tamarin
Tamarinus mystax Moustached Tamarin
Tamarinus pileatus Red-capped Tamarin
Tamarinus subgrisescens Bearded Emperor Tamarin

Family: Cebidae (New World Monkeys)

Genus/SpeciesCommon NameImage
Cebus aequatorialis Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus albifrons White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus brunneus Brown Weeper Capuchin
Cebus capucinus White-headed Capuchin
Cebus castaneus Chestnut Weeper Capuchin
Cebus cesarae Rio Cesar White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus cuscinus Shock-headed Capuchin
Cebus imitator Panamanian White-faced Capuchin
Cebus kaapori Kaapori Capuchin
Cebus leucocephalus Sierra de Perij White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus malitiosus Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus olivaceus Weeper Capuchin
Cebus unicolor Spix's White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus versicolor Varied White-fronted Capuchin
Cebus yuracus Mara n White-fronted Capuchin
Saimiri boliviensis Black-capped Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri cassiquiarensis Humboldt's Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri collinsi Collins' Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri macrodon Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri oerstedi Central American Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri sciureus Common Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri ustus Bare-eared Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri vanzolini Black Squirrel Monkey
Sapajus apella Tufted Capuchin
Sapajus cay Azaras's Capuchin
Sapajus cucullatus Southern Black Capuchin
Sapajus flavius Blond Capuchin
Sapajus libidinosus Black-striped Capuchin
Sapajus nigritus Black Capuchin
Sapajus robustus Crested Capuchin
Sapajus xanthosternos Golden-bellied Capuchin

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