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Primates list rankings

Although there is much more to mammalwatching than listing species, it is – for many of us – a fun way to track our effort. Mammal listing is nothing more than a friendly competition. But I believe it can motivate mammalwatchers and also lead to a more interactive and lively community. So if you have a list please share it here. Any questions about what people have seen or where? Just click on their list and ask them.

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Primatewatching rankings

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Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Jon
Hall

296

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Latest additions include Preuss's Guenons and Bioko Red Colobus in Equatorial Guinea in January 2023. Highlights include all the Lion Tamarins and all the Douc Langurs.

2

Cheryl
Antonucci

250

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Some of the latest species include Perrier's Sifaka and Aye Aye from Madagascar and Grizzled Javan Langur. Previous highlights: all the spider monkeys, all the Callithrix marmosets and all the Callicebus titi monkeys

3

Martin
Royle

245

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White-thighed Colobus & Green Monkey in Ghana latest sightings

4

Alex
Schouten

179

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Highlights: Kipunji, Drill, all 9 species of Sifaka, all 3 species of Douc Langurs, Cat Ba Langur, Southern Muriqui, Pennant's Red Colobus. Latest trip: Cruise on the Amazon by Wildwings in May 2024 with 31 primate species seen in just 12 days (not all species seen were lifers).

5

Jonathan
Newman

178

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Niemitz' and Peleng Tarsier, Kinda Baboon, Philippine Slow Loris, Brown-headed Spider Monkey among the highlights for 2023

6

Alex
Meyer

161

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2024: Mandrill, Western Gorilla, Black Colobus and Gabon Squirrel Galago from Gabon // 2023: 73 Species of Lemur over 5 weeks in Madagascar // 2022: Silvery Javan Gibbon, Javan Slow Loris, West & East Javan Langurs // Previous Years: Kenya Coast Galago, Buffy-headed Marmoset, Golden-mantled Saddleback Tamarin, Black-faced Lion Tamarin, Panamanian Night Monkey, Coastal Black-handed Titi, Napo Saki, Northern Muriqui, Tana River Mangabey, Bale Monkey, Semliki Red Colobus, Eastern Gorilla, Chimpanzee, and Human at birth (only way to truly see wild Humans)

7

Stuart
Chapman

152

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2024 highlights: Aye-aye, Sumatran orangutan; Previous highlights: endangered Asian primates including Lao langur, Cat Ba langur, all three species of Douc langur and Arunachal macaque.

8

Romain
Bocquier

139

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Cat ba, Hatinh, Delacour langur and Grey shanked douc

9

Charley
Hesse

131

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Latest trip to S India with Lion-tailed Macaque & Nilgiri Langur

10

Tomer

122

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I've actually had lots of highlights - I love my primates. The most recent one was the beautiful Golden Snub-nosed Monkey from Sichuan

11

Mark
Tasker

118

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All records visible on iGoTerra

12

Cathy
Pasterczyk

113

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Most recent is Marañón White-fronted Capuchin Cebus yuracus

13

George
Vincent

105

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Latest additions from Ghana include White-thighed Colobus, Thomas's Dwarf Galago and Lowe's Monkey

14

Philip
Precey

96

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96 species as of May 2023: most recent additions Gelada, Hamadryas and Bale Monkey in 2020

15

Samuel
Marlin

90

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Highlights are: Mountain gorillas and chimpanzee in Uganda; all the sifakas (6 seen out of 9 species) in Madagascar

16

Andreas
Jonsson

89

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Latest addition: July 2023 - White-bellied spider monkey amongst others in Ecuador

17

Jonas
Livet

86

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Update 07/2024: 86 primate species seen in the wild, total 242 primate species seen including ones in captive settings

18

Terry
Reis

72

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My recent new species was Spectacled Galago in Uganda. A predictable highlight was Eastern Gorilla. I haven't added either Thomas's or Demidoff's Dwarf Galago to my list as I'm concerned about identification. If anyone has information beyond size and movement I'd be most interested to hear it.

19

Brett
Taylor

56

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It's actually been a while since this list was added to. Vietnam primates are a definite highlight. I really just wanted to be in the top 10 of the primate lists and reside with the other esteemed mammal watchers here while I could. Shameless I know. Cheers.

20

Michael
Johnson

36

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More than half the mammals on my list come from my trip to Uganda in Feb 23, during which I saw 21 primate species.

21

Martin
Walsh

34

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Recent additions:c Gurskey's Spectral Tarsier, Gorontalo Macaque, Celebes Crested Macaque. Previous highlights: Vietnam's Doucs, Bornean Orangutan, Gelada.

22

Martin
Fichtler

24

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Latest: Barbary Macaque, June 2022, Morocco and Thick-tailed Greater Galago, Aug. 2022, South Africa. Highlight: Drill in Cameroon.

23

Kyle
Smith

22

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Latest additions were Black-and-gold Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya), Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis), Brown Capuchin (Sapajus apella), and Bolivian Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta sara) in July 2019 in Bolivia

24

Moses
Swanson-Mwamasika

18

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Latest observations: Sanje mangabey, Udzungwa red colobus, Angola black-and-white colobus, yellow baboon.

25

Warren
Gilson

14

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Sept 2023 : Hilliers and Javan Slow Loris, Raffles' Banded Langur, White-handed and Silvery Gibbons, Sumatran Orangutan

26

Waskito
Wibowo

13

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Javan Slow Loris in Central Java, Indonesia (17 September 2023)

27

Jacob
Zinn

10

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Highlights: Spider, howler and squirrel monkeys in June 2022, Barbary macaques in March 2023, black and white colobus, tantalus monkeys, olive baboons, red-tailed monkey, De Brazza's monkey and mountain gorillas in June 2023

28

Diedert
Koppenol

5

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Central American Spider Monkey

29

Jesse
Golden

4

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Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (20 Oct 2019)

30

William
Lewis

3

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Latest - Mantled Howler Monkey, Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, and Panamanian White-throated Capuchin in Costa Rica, June/July 2022.

31

Bruno
Kovacs Gomez

1

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Only Barbary Macaque, in 2019 in Gibraltar and in 2023 in Morocco.