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Baboon concentration by Neville Jones

In the Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, this Baboon is transfixed by something it has spotted in the trees. Perhaps he thinks it is a young Leopard. I was surprised to learn that these primates actively hunt young Leopards and kill them to eliminate the future threat to troupe. Sony A100 Sony 500mm f8 / f/8 @ 1/500s ISO250
Diva tears by Karien Helberg

Diva was 4 weeks old and had a broken arm, as you can see the sadness in her eyes.
Picard by Amanda Westerlund

Meet Picard, the White-Cheeked Gibbon! He was cuddling with his mate, Mai, but decided to pose for a little why. Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Camera Details: / Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Xti / Lens: 55-250mm / F5.6 / 1/15 sec / ISO 400 / Focal Length: 232mm
King Tom by James Godber

Tom, the King male at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. Orangutan’s have the latin name Pongo Pygmaeus. They are heavily endangered.
Nina Says.....I Only Have Eyes For You by Teresa Burnett

Nina is one of only two remaining wild born Western Lowland gorillas at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. She is a grand old lady somewhere between 40 and 50 years old and she is wonderful! She has a fantastic sense of humor. She will sit looking so stoic for a while, then all of a sudden she will stick her tongue out and make faces! I just adore her! The Western Lowland Gorilla is a subspecies of the Western Gorilla that lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Adult male Gorillas are prone to cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart disease. Babec, a Western Lowland Gorilla on exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama (USA) was the first gorilla to receive an artificial pacemaker. Binti Jua, who resides at Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, saved a three year old boy who fell into her enclosure in 2003. / The Western Lowland Gorilla is critically endangered. The gorilla is vulnerable to Ebola, deforestation, and poaching. Canon Rebel XTi – Canon 70-300mm lens / 131 views FEATURED:CEE’S FUN ARTSY FRIENDS GROUP 11-18-09 / FEATURED:EYE CONTACT 11-20-09 / FEATURED:THE BEAUTY OF NATURE 11-22-09 / FEATURED:PATHWAY TO THE SOUL 11-28-09 / FEATURED:PEACE, LOVE AND TRANQUILITY 1-5-10 / FEATURED:YOU BIG SOFTY 1-5-10 / FEATURED:CAPTION FUN 1-8-10 / FEATURED:PRIMATE ART 1-25-2010
Lion-Tailed Macaque X by Tom Newman

Lion-tailed Macaques(Macaca silenus) at Melbourne Zoo / Lion-tailed Macaques live in Southwest India in pockets of evergreen forests, called sholas, in the Western Ghats range. They live at elevations between 2,000 and 3,500 feet. According to the IUCN, only approximately 2,500 of these animals live scattered over several areas in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Lion-tailed Macaque ranks among the rarest and most threatened primates. Their range has become increasingly isolated and fragmented by the spread of agriculture and tea, coffee, teak and cinchona, construction of water reservoirs for irrigation and power generation, and human settlements to support such activities. They don’t live, feed or travel through plantations. Destruction of their habitat and the fact that they avoid human proximity, has led to the drastic decrease of their population. / The lion-tailed macaque is listed as endangered on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN’s) Red List of Threatened Animals. / Wikipedia / D300- 18-200mm ED VR Nikkor lens / 1/250s, f/5.0, ISO:500, 80mm
Portrait of a Langur by Ollie de Brett

A portrait of a Langur Monkey taken in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. It is amazing how humanoid their faces really are!
Cheeky Monkey by Jason Connolly

Featured in Primate Art January 2010 / Featured in Bits and Pieces January 2010 / Featured in Around The World January 2010 / Today Saturday 23rd January 2010 I took my family to South lakes wild Animal park in Cumbria, just outside the lake district national park near Dalton in Furness, it was free to anyone who donated at Least £2 each to the Haiti fund, it is also free tomorrow See here / The weather was not the best, extreme fog, but cleared a little on several occasions….I was hoping to use my 70-300 for most of the day but with poor light I just used my 90mm Tamron macro lens all day, glad I did, got a few nice shots I think. / I saw this young fella (Not sure what type of Primate..Any one know?..I think a Spider monkey!!) all on his own , he came up near me and started screeching, not quite sure what it was trying to say though LOL / Shot with a Nikon D300 and Tamron 90mm macro lens / f 3.5 / 1/640 sec / ISO 200
Speak No Evil by Sue Cullumber

Another shot of the squirrel monkey – Canon 40D. Featured in Primate Art group.
Colobus Monkey and Baby by Tanya Bright

Featured in Eye Contact January 2010 / Featured in Primate Art January 2010 Colobus Monkey and baby caught in the rain. The mother Colobus protectively wraps her arms around her baby and shelters it in her arms. Black-and-white colobus are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. The word “colobus” comes from Greek ekolobóse “he cut short” and is so named because its thumb is a stump. Baby Colobus are born completely white. Colobus are herbivorous, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and twigs. The habitat of a colobus includes primary and secondary forest and wooded grasslands; they are found at higher density logged forests more so than other primary forests.

Recent Work

Baboon concentration by Neville Jones

In the Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, this Baboon is transfixed by something it has spotted in the trees. Perhaps he thinks it is a young Leopard. I was surprised to learn that these primates actively hunt young Leopards and kill them to eliminate the future threat to troupe. Sony A100 Sony 500mm f8 / f/8 @ 1/500s ISO250
Wide eyed and bushy tailed! by Kim Slater

Ringed tailed lemur taken at Howletts Zoo, Kent
Edinburgh Zoo: Sclater's Lemur by Yonmei

The female Sclater’s lemur (Noemie) at Edinburgh Zoo. She’s nearly 13 years old. Sclater’s lemur (Eulemur macaco flavifrons) is originally from Madagascar (Noemie was born at Mulhouse Zoo in France). In the wild the Sclater’s lemurs are at risk of extinction due to the loss and fragmentation of their already small habitat by deforestation, from capture for the pet trade and for meat and fur: it is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an Endangered species.
You Pick,..........I Nick!! by neilbrown

Twycross Zoo, in Leicester. (Minolta Dynax D7 – 100/300mm 5.6)
monkey killing a bin bag by dennis wingard

when we were taking a walk in singapore a monkey was killing a bin bag
Was There Something You Wanted??? by Teresa Burnett

Debrazza’s Monkey found at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon. I was so tickled he was out and about yesterday. They are almost always asleep when I’m there, or they get up in the top of their trees and limbs are in the way, or the lighting is terrible. He was such a cooperative fellow yesterday! / Nikon D300 – Nikon 18-200mm lens FEATURED:DIMENSIONS 2-7-2010 De Brazza’s Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey that gets its name from French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. Locally known as swamp monkeys, they are often found in wetlands in central Africa. It is very hard to find due to its good hiding abilities, and so there is not an accurate species count. / De Brazza’s Monkey lives for about 22 years. It is a shy, territorial monkey that lives in small social groups. At the head of each social group is the strongest male, whose job is to protect his fellow group members. / De Brazza’s Monkey communicates with booming sounds, shaking tree branches, and a variety of facial expressions and movements (e.g. shaking its head when stressed out, or nodding with approval). / Predators of the De Brazza’s Monkey include the leopard, humans, and other primates. However, because of its very good means of protection, De Brazza’s Monkey is rarely captured. Among these means of protection are the ability to freeze when alarmed, and the ability to camouflage very well with its surroundings (hence their scientific name Cercopithecus neglectus; neglectus refers to its ability to hide and make it hard for predators to find it).
Siswi: a perfect lady by James Godber

Siswi is the dominant female living at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting NP, Kalimantan, Indonesia. I was lucky enough to find her on the path and she was very happy to pose.
Funny Face by Sue Cullumber

This little squirrel monkey has quite a scrunched up face which I didn’t notice till after I uploaded. Canon 40D.
Dinda from Monkey World (Dorset) by jojophine4

Early on in 2008 I drew two pieces of work for an auction to raise money for the Jim Cronin Memorial Fund at Monkey World in Dorset, England. They are both of very young female orangutans. This is the first, Dinda, which means ‘Darling’ in indonesian. She was born at Monkey World, her mother is RoRo who was smuggled from the wild. She didn’t suckle Dinda, so the primate care staff took care of her for the first year of her life. I used inktense pencils which you can add water to, to give a paint effect. This came in handy for the fur which I used a brush on. Thanks for taking a look and some more for leaving a comment, Joanne:-)
Monkey To God, ...................., Line Engaged. by neilbrown

Minolta Dynax D7 Featured in the group World Wildlife Photography.

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Include images of all types of monkey, ape and prosimians.
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