This is a list of African type primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar. According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar). In addition the list also includes the recently extinct giant lemurs and humans (Homo sapiens) on the list. Each species is listed, with its binomial name.
Strepsirrhini (É. Geoffroy, 1812)
Lorisiformes (Gregory, 1915)
Lorisoidea (Gray, 1821)
Galagidae (Gray, 1825) Euoticus (Gray, 1863) - needle-clawed galagos Euoticus elegantulus (Le Conte, 1857) - southern needle-clawed galago Euoticus pallidus (Gray, 1863) - northern needle-clawed galago Galagoides (A. Smith, 1833) - dwarf galagos Galagoides thomasi (Elliot, 1907) - Thomas's galago Galagoides orinus (Lawrence & Washburn, 1936) - Uluguru galago Galagoides rondoensis (Honess, 1997) - Rondo galago Galagoides demidovii (G. Fischer, 1806) - Prince Demidoff's galago Sciurocheirus (Gray, 1872) - squirrel galagos Sciurocheirus gabonensis (Gray, 1863) - Gabon galago Sciurocheirus cameronensis (Peters, 1876) - Cross River galago Sciurocheirus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) - Bioko Allen's galago Otolemur (Coquerel, 1859) - greater bushbabies Otolemur garnettii (Ogilby, 1838) - northern greater galago Otolemur monteiri (Bartlett, 1863) - silvery greater galago Otolemur crassicaudatus (É Geoffroy, 1812) - brown greater galago Galago (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - lesser galagos Galago zanzibaricus (Matschie, 1893) - Zanzibar galago Galago granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907) - Grant's galago Galago matschiei (Lorenz, 1917) - dusky galago Galago senegalensis (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - senegal galago Galago nyasae (Elliot, 1907) - Malawi galago Galago moholi (A. Smith, 1836) - Mohol galago Galago gallarum (Thomas, 1901) - Somali galago Lorisidae (Gray, 1821) Perodicticinae (Gray, 1870) Arctocebus (Gray, 1863) - angwantibos Arctocebus calabarensis (Smith, 1860) - Calabar angwantibo Arctocebus aureusde (Winton, 1902) - golden angwantibo Pseudopotto (Schwartz, 1996) Pseudopotto martini (Schwartz, 1996) - false potto Perodicticus (Bennett, 1830) Perodicticus potto (Statius Müller, 1766) - potto
Lemuriformes (Gray, 1821)
Daubentonioidea (Gray, 1863)
Daubentoniidae (Gray, 1863) Daubentonia (É. Geoffroy, 1795) †Daubentonia robusta (Lamberton, 1935) - giant aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788) - aye-aye
Cheirogaleoidea (Gray, 1872)
Lepilemuridae (Gray, 1870) Lepilemur (I. Geoffroy, 1851) - sportive lemurs Lepilemur hubbardorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Hubbard's sportive lemur Lepilemur wrightae (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Wright's sportive lemur Lepilemur hollandorum (Ramaromilanto & Lei, 2008) - Holland's sportive lemur Lepilemur scottorum (Lei et al., 2008) - Scott's sportive lemur Lepilemur seali (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Seal's sportive lemur Lepilemur fleuretae (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Fleurete's sportive lemur Lepilemur jamesorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - James' sportive lemur Lepilemur betsileo (Louis, Jr, 2006) - betsileo sportive lemur Lepilemur mustelinus (I. Geoffroy, 1851) - weasel sportive lemur Lepilemur aeeclis (Andriaholinirina, N. et al., 2006) - Antafia sportive lemur Lepilemur randrianasoloi (Andriaholinirina, N. et al., 2006) - Randrianasolo's sportive lemur Lepilemur leucopus (Major, 1894) - white-footed sportive lemur Lepilemur petteri (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Petter's sportive lemur Lepilemur microdon (Forsyth Major, 1894) - small-toothed sportive lemur Lepilemur otto (Craul et al., 2007) - Otto's sportive lemur Lepilemur mittermeieri (Rabarivola et al., 2006) - Mittermeier's sportive lemur Lepilemur grewcockorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Grewcock's sportive lemur Lepilemur edwardsi (Forsyth Major, 1894) - Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur Lepilemur ruficaudatus (Grandidier, 1867) - red-tailed sportive lemur Lepilemur septentrionalis (Rumpler & Albignac, 1975) - northern sportive lemur Lepilemur dorsalis (Gray, 1870) - gray-backed sportive lemur Lepilemur sahamalazensis (Andriaholinirina, N. et al., 2006) - Sahamalaza sportive lemur Lepilemur ahmansonorum (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Ahmanson's sportive lemur Lepilemur tymerlachsonorum (Louis, Jr. et al., 2006) - Hawks' sportive lemur Lepilemur milanoii (Louis, Jr, 2006) - Daraina sportive lemur Lepilemur ankaranensis (Rumpler & Albignac, 1975) - Ankarana sportive lemur Phaneridae (Rumpler, 1974) Phaner (Gray, 1870) - fork-crowned lemurs Phaner furcifer (Blainville, 1839) - Masoala fork-crowned lemur Phaner parienti (Groves & Tattersall, 1991) - Pariente's fork-crowned lemur Phaner pallescens (Groves and Tattersall, 1991) - pale fork-crowned lemur Phaner electromontis (Groves and Tattersall, 1991) - Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur Cheirogaleidae (Gray, 1873) Allocebus (Petter-Rousseaux and Petter, 1967) Allocebus trichotis (Günther, 1875) - hairy-eared dwarf lemur Mirza (Gray, 1870) - giant mouse lemurs Mirza zaza (Kappeler & Roos, 2005) - northern giant mouse lemur Mirza coquereli (A. Grandidier, 1867) - southern giant mouse lemur Microcebus (É. Geoffroy, 1834) - lesser mouse lemurs Microcebus lehilahytsara (Roos & Kappeler, 2005) - Goodman's mouse lemur Microcebus berthae (Rasoloarison et al., 2000) - Madame Berthe's mouse lemur Microcebus ganzhorni (Hotaling et al., 2016) - Ganzhorn's mouse lemur Microcebus tanosi (Rasoloarison et al., 2013) - Anosy mouse lemur Microcebus myoxinus (Peters, 1852) - pygmy mouse lemur Microcebus griseorufus (Kollman, 1910) - reddish-gray mouse lemur Microcebus murinus (Miller, 1777) - gray mouse lemur Microcebus bongolavensis (Olivieri et al., 2007) - Bongolava mouse lemur Microcebus mamiratra (Andriantompohavana et al., 2006) - Claire's mouse lemur Microcebus danfossi (Olivieri et al., 2006) - Danfoss' mouse lemur Microcebus ravelobensis (Zimmerman et al., 1998) - golden-brown mouse lemur Microcebus macarthurii (Radespiel et al., 2008) - MacArthur's mouse lemur Microcebus tavaratra (Rasoloarison et al., 2000) - northern rufous mouse lemur Microcebus gerpi (Radespiel et al., 2012) - Gerp's mouse lemur Microcebus jollyae (Louis et al., 2006) - Jolly's mouse lemur Microcebus simmonsi (Louis et al., 2006) - Simmons' mouse lemur Microcebus mittermeieri (Louis et al., 2006) - Mittermeier's mouse lemur Microcebus marohita (Rasoloarison et al., 2013) - Marohita mouse lemur Microcebus rufus (É. Geoffroy, 1834) - brown mouse lemur Microcebus sambiranensis (Rasoloarison et al., 2000) - Sambirano mouse lemur Microcebus arnholdi (E. Louis, Jr., et al. 2008) - Arnhold's mouse lemur Microcebus margotmarshae (Andriantompohavana et al., 2006) - Margot Marsh's mouse lemur Cheirogaleus (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - greater dwarf lemurs Cheirogaleus minusculus (Groves, 2000) - lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus medius (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - fat-tailed dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus sibreei (Forsyth Major, 1896) - Sibree's dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus major (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - Geoffroy's dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus crossleyi (A. Grandidier, 1870) - furry-eared dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus lavasoensis (Thiele et al., 2013) - Lavasoa dwarf lemur
Indrioidea (Burnett, 1828)
†Archaeolemuridae (Forsyth Major, 1896) †Hadropithecus (Lorenz von Liburnau, 1899) †Hadropithecus stenognathus (Lorenz von Liburnau, 1899) - kidoky †Archaeolemur (Filhol, 1895) - baboon lemurs †Archaeolemur majori (Filhol, 1895) - Major's baboon lemur †Archaeolemur edwardsi (Filhol, 1895) - Milne-Edward's baboon lemur Indriidae (Burnett, 1828) Avahi (Jourdan, 1834) - woolly lemurs Avahi mooreorum (Lei, 2008) - Moore's woolly lemur Avahi occidentalis (Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898) - western woolly lemur Avahi cleesei (Thalmann & Geissmann, 2005) - Bemaraha woolly lemur Avahi unicolor (Thalmann & Geissmann, 2000) - Sambirano woolly lemur Avahi laniger (Gmelin, 1788) - eastern woolly lemur Avahi betsileo (Adriantompohavana et al., 2007) - Betsileo woolly lemur Avahi peyrierasi (Zaramody et al., 2006) - Peyrieras's woolly lemur Avahi meridionalis (Zaramody et al., 2006) - southern woolly lemur Avahi ramanantsoavani (Zaramody et al., 2006) - Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur Propithecus (Bennett, 1832) - sifakas Propithecus coronatus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) - crowned sifaka Propithecus tattersalli (Simons, 1988) - golden-crowned sifaka Propithecus coquereli (A. Grandidier, 1867) - Coquerel's sifaka Propithecus deckenii (Peters, 1870) - Von der Decken's sifaka Propithecus verreauxi (A. Grandidier, 1867) - Verreaux's sifaka Propithecus candidus (A. Grandidier, 1871) - silky sifaka Propithecus perrieri (Lavauden, 1931) - Perrier's sifaka Propithecus edwardsi (A. Grandidier, 1871) - Milne-Edwards's sifaka Propithecus diadema (Bennett, 1832) - diademed sifaka Indri (É. Geoffroy & G. Cuvier, 1796) Indri indri (Gmelin, 1788) - indri †Palaeopropithecidae (Tattersall, 1973) †Mesopropithecus (Standing, 1905) - gibbon lemurs †Mesopropithecus globiceps (Standing, 1905) - southern gibbon lemur †Mesopropithecus pithecoides (Standing, 1905) - central gibbon lemur †Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion (Standing, 1905) - northern gibbon lemur †Babakotia (Godfrey et al., 1990) †Babakotia radofilai (Godfrey et al., 1990) - babakoto †Archaeoindris (Standing, 1909) †Archaeoindris fontoynontii (Standing, 1909) - ground sloth lemur †Palaeopropithecus (G. Grandidier, 1899) - tree sloth lemurs †Palaeopropithecus maximus (Standing, 1903) - central sloth lemur †Palaeopropithecus ingens (G. Grandider, 1899) - tratratraztra †Palaeopropithecus kelyus (Gommery & al., 2009) - Kel's sloth lemur
Lemuroidea (Gray 1821)
†Megaladapidae (Forsyth Major, 1894) †Megaladapis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - koala lemurs †Megaladapis edwardsi (Grandidier, 1899) - Milne-Edward's koala lemur †Megaladapis grandidieri (Standing, 1905) - Grandidier's koala lemur †Megaladapis madagascariensis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - tokandia Lemuridae (Gray, 1821) †Pachylemur (Lamberton, 1948) - giant ruffed lemurs †Pachylemur insignis (Filhol, 1895) - central giant ruffed lemur †Pachylemur jullyi (G. Grandidier, 1899) - central giant ruffed lemur Varecia (Gray, 1863) - ruffed lemurs Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy, 1812) - red ruffed lemur Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792) - black-and-white ruffed lemur Eulemur (Simons & Rumpler, 1988) - brown lemurs Eulemur coronatus (Gray, 1842) - crowned lemur Eulemur rubriventer (I. Geoffroy, 1850) - red-bellied lemur Eulemur mongoz (Linnaeus, 1766) - mongoose lemur Eulemur flavifrons (Gray, 1867) - blue-eyed black lemur Eulemur macaco (Linnaeus, 1766) - black lemur Eulemur cinereiceps (Grandidier & Milne-Edwards, 1890) - gray-headed lemur Eulemur rufifrons (Bennett, 1833) - red-fronted lemur Eulemur sanfordi (Archbold, 1932) - Sanford's brown lemur Eulemur collaris (É. Geoffroy, 1817) - collared brown lemur Eulemur albifrons (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - white-headed lemur Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - common brown lemur Eulemur rufus (Audebert, 1799) - red lemur Prolemur (Gray, 1871) Prolemur simus (Gray, 1871) - greater bamboo lemur Hapalemur (I. Geoffrey, 1851) - bamboo lemurs Hapalemur aureus (Meier, Albignac et al., 1987) - golden bamboo lemur Hapalemur occidentalis (Rumpler, 1975) - western bamboo lemur Hapalemur alaotrensis (Rumpler, 1975) - Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur Hapalemur meridionalis (Warter, et al., 1987) - southern bamboo lemur Hapalemur griseus (Link, 1795) - eastern bamboo lemur Lemur (Linnaeus, 1758) Lemur catta (Linnaeus, 1758) - ring-tailed lemur
Haplorhini (Pocock, 1918)
Simiiformes (Haeckel, 1866)
Cercopithecoidea (Gray, 1821)
Colobidae (Jerdon, 1867) Procolobus (Rochebrune, 1877) Procolobus verus (van Beneden, 1838) - olive colobus Piliocolobus (Rochebrune, 1877) - red colossuses Piliocolobus rufomitratus (Peters, 1879) - Tana River red colobus Piliocolobus preussi (Matschie, 1900) - Preuss's red colobus Piliocolobus epieni (Grubb & Powell, 1999) - Niger Delta red colobus Piliocolobus badius (Kerr, 1792) - western red colobus Piliocolobus pennantii (Waterhouse, 1838) - Pennant's colobus