The Sunda colugo, aka the flying lemur is a freaky cool critter from Southeast Asia and on some of the Philippine Islands. More specifically from Indochina and southern Thailand
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The Sunda colugo, aka the flying lemur is a freaky cool critter from Southeast Asia and on some of the Philippine Islands. More specifically from Indochina and southern Thailand
The greater bamboo lemur is the largest of the 3 bamboo lemur species and one of only a few mammals, having a predominantly bamboo-based diet. This sedentary creature spends a majority of the day eating mostly bamboo. It has to eat a lot of it in order to survive, as […]
The golden snub-nosed monkey, aka the the orange monkey, the snub-nosed leaf monkey, & the Sichuan golden-haired monkey, only lives in central and southwestern China & the mountains of Tibet. They inhabit elevations up to 5,200 – 13,000 feet. These are called old world monkeys. What does it mean to
The golden lion tamarin lives in rainforests on the Atlantic coast of Brazil. Touted as 1 of the most beautiful of the 4 known species of lion tamarins, lion tamarins take their name from their gorgeous manes. Their thick rings of hair look like the manes of
The woolly monkey is found throughout Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and sections of Venezuela. There are 4 known species of that are found in South America. They are the brown,
The emperor tamarin is a diminutive primate that belongs in the category of New World monkeys. There are 2 known subspecies of emperor tamarin found in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, as well as in southwestern parts of the Amazon. Emperor tamarins like lowland tropical
Being the last remaining members of a once thriving species of primates, the gelada (pronounced jeh-lah-da) are 200,000 strong and take up residence in the Ethiopian highlands. They are primarily herbivorous (eat mainly plant matter) grass eaters that live in troops of
The vervet monkeys are old world monkeys from Africa. They inhabit forests, scrublands and savannas; preferring areas near the streams and rivers. These monkeys also inhabit human settlements as there is often a
This is the colobus monkey. There are 2 species of black and white colobus monkeys found in Kenya, the ones that live in coastal forests and the ones in inland high-country areas. Red colobus monkeys are also found in East
The chimpanzee can be found in the rainforests, grasslands, and woodlands of Central & Western Africa at elevations of up to 9,000 feet. Like us, chimps are highly social animals that care for their offspring for years. Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our genetic […]