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Pictures of Monkeys
All Photos : Tree-dwellers : Animals : Monkeys
Beautiful pictures of fifteen different species of monkeys and apes from around the world including Baboons, Chimpanzees, Gibbons, Gorillas, Lemurs, Marmosets, Macaques, and Orangutans.

 Many people call all primates monkeys. However, apes and monkeys are two different animals.

Here are some of the characteristics of apes:

  • Apes don't have tails
  • Apes only live in Africa and Asia
  • Apes are most often bigger than monkeys.
  • Apes have a more upright body posture
  • Apes rely on sightmore than smell
  • Apes have a large brain to body ratio

Among types of apes are gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, chimpanzees, humans, and a group of lesser apes called gibbons.

Monkeys are divides into two categories: Old world monkeys and new world monkeys. Old world monkeys live in Africa, Asia, India, and Japan. New world monkeys live in Mexico, Central and South America.

Old world monkeys:

  • are larger than new world monkeys
  • have flattened finger nails
  • have a bigger, padded, buttocks to sit on
  • have narrow, downward pointing nostrils

Some examples of old world monkeys are the macaque, baboon, snow monkeys, and the colobus.

New world Monkeys:

  • Have long tails that are sometimes prehensile (grab and hold things like branches)
  • Circular nostrils
  • No buttocks padding
  • No cheek pouches

Examples of new world monkeys are the callimicos, marmosets, tamarins, lemurs, and capuchins.

See also: KID'S BOOK: I Am a Little Monkey, BOOK: Chimpanzee and Red Colobus: The Ecology of Predator and Prey, BOOK: In the Kingdom of Gorillas: Fragile Species in a Dangerous Land, BOOK: Gorillas in the Mist.
BaboonsBaboons
Baboon (old world monkeys) pictures and information.
CallimicosCallimicos
Callimicos a.k.a Goeldi's Monkey (*debatable* New World Monkey)
ChimpanzeesChimpanzees
Pictures, facts, and trivia about chimpanzees (Ape).
Colobus MonkeyColobus Monkey
Pictures of Black and White Colobus monkeys (Old World monkey).
Debrazzas MonkeysDebrazzas Monkeys
Pictures of DeBrazza's monkeys (Old World monkey)
Dusky Titi MonkeysDusky Titi Monkeys
Pictures of Dusky Titi monkeys.
GibbonGibbon
Pictures of Gibbons (Ape)
GorillasGorillas
Pictures of Gorillas (Ape)
Japanese MacaqueJapanese Macaque
Pictures of Japanese Macaques aka Snow monkeys (Old World monkey).
LemursLemurs
Pictures of different species of lemurs, including the ring-tailed lemur and the black-and-white ruffed lemur.
MacaquesMacaques
Pictures of Barbary Macaque monkeys (Old World monkey).
MarmosetsMarmosets
Pictures of Silvery Marmosets (New World monkey)
OrangutansOrangutans
Pictures of Orangutans (Great Ape).
Red-tailed GuenonRed-tailed Guenon
Pictures of red-tailed guenons, an African species that lives in lowland rain forests, mountain forests, swamps, and acacia woodlands. They mostly eat fruit, but they'll also eat leaves and small animals. Currently, this species is considered threatened, which is better than endangered.
SiamangsSiamangs
Pictures of siamangs (Hylobates syndactylus), native to mainland Malaysia and Sumatra. They live in evergreen tropical rainforests and mountain regions and spend most of their time in trees about 30 feet up.
TamarinsTamarins
Pictures of Tamarins (New World monkey)

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awesome monkeys (3/19/2010, 11:29 AM)
is some on tipe back if u are lol (3/18/2010, 10:06 AM)
These pics are so coooooooooooool I absolutly looooove Monkeys:> (3/10/2010, 5:45 PM)
mionkeys r colo (3/10/2010, 11:22 AM)
monkeys are coolio (3/10/2010, 11:22 AM)
i wonder if monkeys have boogers? (3/8/2010, 7:15 PM)
i want more monkeys! (3/8/2010, 7:14 PM)
monkeys are so cute there one of my fav animal (3/2/2010, 1:56 PM)
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wow there amazing (: thats my favorite animal on earth:) AMBER PLUNKETT (2/24/2010, 1:16 PM)
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monkeys are sweet and fun to be with! (2/23/2010, 3:23 PM)
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I REALLY LOE MONKEYS. I HAVE MONKEY STICKERS (2/18/2010, 8:02 PM)
OO AA MONKEYS ROCK I WANT 1!!! X X X (2/16/2010, 4:01 AM)
OO AA HOW CUTE GET MORE. THERE SO NAUGHTY. X X X (2/15/2010, 3:35 PM)
pigme monkey (2/13/2010, 11:32 AM)
8===D~ ~ ~ O: (2/12/2010, 9:51 AM)
am working on a blue monkey (2/9/2010, 10:01 PM)
thi helped me on my animal report(asome)!!!!!!! !!!!!!! (2/9/2010, 10:00 PM)
get more cute pictures! (2/9/2010, 7:41 PM)
I hate spiders so the spider pictures made me scurm.... My daughter loves the monkey pictures and I love the snow leopard pictres! (2/6/2010, 4:40 PM)
you should have the spider monkey in here! (2/4/2010, 10:28 AM)
Great book for 70-536!!! (2/3/2010, 1:38 PM)