Birds, Mammals → Primates
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Description
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers and simians. Primates arose 74–63 million years ago first from small terrestrial mammals, which adapted for life in tropical forests: many primate characteristics represent adaptations to the challenging environment among tree tops, including large brain sizes, binocular vision, color vision, vocalizations, shoulder girdles allowing a large degree of movement in the upper limbs, and opposable thumbs that enable better grasping and dexterity. Primates range in size from Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 g (1 oz), to the eastern gorilla, weighing over 200 kg (440 lb). There are 376–524 species of living primates, depending on which classification is used. New primate species continue to be discovered: over 25 species were described in the 2000s, 36 in the 2010s, and six in the 2020s.
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Organizations relating to Primates
Save the Orangutan / Copenhagen, Denmark
Jane Goodall Institute / London, UK / Est. 1977
Great Ape Project / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Est. 1994
Australasian Primate Society / Magill SA, Australia / Est. 1982
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International / Atlanta GA, USA / Est. 1978
Primate's World Relief and Development Fund / Toronto ON, Canada / Est. 1959
Wild Chimpanzee Foundation / Leipzig, Germany
International Gorilla Conservation Programme / Nairobi, Kenya / Est. 1978
Sociedad Latinoamericana de Primatologia / Est. 1986
Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and Their Habitats / Bonn, Germany / Est. 2007
People Against Chimpanzee Experiments / Est. 1991
Primate Vaccine Evaluation Network / Rijswijk, Netherlands
Coalition to End Experiments on Chimpanzees in Europe
Primate Conservation / Charlestown RI, USA
Centre européen des primates
Association of Primate Veterinarians / Memphis TN, USA / Est. 1973
European Primate Veterinarians / Niederhausbergen, France / Est. 2007
African Primatological Society / Est. 2016
Great Apes Survival Project / Nairobi, Kenya
Orangutan Foundation International / Los Angeles CA, USA / Est. 1986
Gibbon Conservation Center / Santa Clarita CA, USA / Est. 1977
European Marmoset Research Group / Basel, Switzerland / Est. 1994
European Federation for Primatology / Rome, Italy / Est. 1993
Alliance pour la conservation des grands singes en Afrique centrale / Yaoundé, Cameroon / Est. 2016
International Primate Protection League / Summerville SC, USA / Est. 1973
Société Francophone De Primatologie / Niederhausbergen, France / Est. 1987
Conservation Through Public Health / Entebbe, Uganda
International Center of Hominology / Moscow, Russia
Bonobo Conservation Initiative / Washington DC, USA
Ape Alliance / Stroud, UK / Est. 1996
International Primatological Society / Porto Alegre, Brazil / Est. 1964
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World Problems relating to Primates
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialThreatened species of Aotus [1]
Inhumane use of non-human primates in research
Threatened species of Primates
Threatened species of Trachypithecus cristatus
Threatened species of Presbytis thomasi
Threatened species of Pongo pygmaeus
Action Strategies relating to Primates
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialConserving lemurs
Conserving primates
Claiming equal rights for primates
Caring for gorillas
Increasing quantity of experimental non-human primates
Studying primates
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