Image Gallery: 25 Primates in Peril

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Pygmy tarsier

primates, endangered species

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Pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus), Indonesia. Added to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list in 2012.

Javan slow loris

primates, endangered species

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Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), Indonesia

Pig-tailed snub-nosed langur

primates, endangered species

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Simokobu or Pig-tailed snub-nosed langur (Nasalis concolor), Indonesia

Delacour's langur

primates, endangered species

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Delacour’s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), Vietnam

Golden-headed lemur

primates, endangered species

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Golden-headed langur or Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus), Vietnam

Western purple-faced langur

primates, endangered species

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Western purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor), Sri Lanka

Grey-shanked douc monkey

primates, endangered species

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Grey-shanked douc monkey (Pygathrix cinerea), Vietnam

Tonkin snub-nosed monkey

primates, endangered species

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Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Vietnam

Eastern black-crested gibbon

primates, endangered species

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Cao-Vit or Eastern black-crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus), Vietnam

Brown spider monkey

primates, endangered species

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Variegated or Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus), Venezuela

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