Primates At-A-Glance
Monkeys of Africa
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African primates range in size from the smallest prosimian in the world,
to medium-sized monkeys, to the largest monkeys and apes in the world.
to medium-sized monkeys, to the largest monkeys and apes in the world.
African monkeys include baboons, colobus monkeys, drills, geladas, guenons, mandrills,
one macaque species, mangabeys, and patas monkeys.
The tails of Old World monkeys are never prehensile. Their thumbs are opposable. Their nostrils are close together and point downward. They have 32 teeth. Many species have cheek pouches to store food for later consumption, and many have thick pads on their buttocks for comfort when sitting on hard surfaces.
Old World monkeys are more closely related to apes, and therefore humans,
than they are to the New World monkeys.
one macaque species, mangabeys, and patas monkeys.
The tails of Old World monkeys are never prehensile. Their thumbs are opposable. Their nostrils are close together and point downward. They have 32 teeth. Many species have cheek pouches to store food for later consumption, and many have thick pads on their buttocks for comfort when sitting on hard surfaces.
Old World monkeys are more closely related to apes, and therefore humans,
than they are to the New World monkeys.
