Favorite monkey species

[boro745]

Hi! I'm curious in which is your favorite monkey species, I personnally love black howler monkeys

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

I think my favourites are the New world monkeys / Platyrrhines but out of the multitude of species that inhabit the Neotropical region it would very hard to choose a favourite.

I suppose mine would be either the buffy tufted marmoset ( I have a huge interest in the Callitrichidae) or the muriqui for both sentimental and scientific reasons.

 

[Dassie rat]

I like the mona monkey, chacma baboon, crested leaf monkey and black uakari.

 

[Mo Hassan]

There are so many to choose from, but the snub-nosed monkeys and tassel-ear marmosets are high up on the list for me.

 

[elefante]

My favorites are lion-tailed macaques. I also like white-faced Capuchins (I've seen them in the wild) howler monkeys (also seen them on the wild) and a variety of black and white colobus monkeys. Hopefully I'll see some of those in the wild this summer.

 

[HungarianBison]

I like Bearded guenons, all of Tamarins, Sacred baboons and Orangutans.

 

[Dassie rat]

Sorry HungarianBison

Orang-utans aren't monkeys

 

[HungarianBison]

Sorry HungarianBison

Orang-utans aren't monkeys

Oh, sorry. I forgot this...and I can't speak English very well...

 

[FunkyGibbon]

Toque macaque, Cat Ba langur, Red-eared guenon, That beautiful grey langur @Chlidonias saw in India

But in a comfortable first place:

Golden snub-nosed monkey

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Restricting it to those I have seen:

Angolan Colobus
Purple-faced Langur
Black Lion Tamarin
Crowned Guenon
Bolivian Night Monkey

Of these the langur is my favourite by far

 

[amur leopard]

I like them all, but my personal favourites are snub-nosed monkeys. I find the Golden spp. the more attractive-looking species, but Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys have really strange and funny faces too so it would be a toss up between them. I think this preference was cemented by the excellent Planet Earth II.

 

[Tim May]

There are so many different species of monkey that I found it impossible to choose just one but, restricting the list to species I've seen, my favourites would be:

proboscis monkey
golden snub-nosed monkey
red uakari
Hamlyn's owl-face guenon
Allen's swamp monkey

 

[Mo Hassan]

It's amazing how many of us regard snub-nosed monkeys as one of our favourites

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Restricting it to those I have seen:

Angolan Colobus
Purple-faced Langur
Black Lion Tamarin
Crowned Guenon
Bolivian Night Monkey

Of these the langur is my favourite by far

Out of curiosity , have you seen all of these in the wild ?

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Out of curiosity , have you seen all of these in the wild ?

Never been anywhere with wild monkey species, so no

 

[Dassie rat]

I've seen Barbary macaques in Gibraltar.

 

[ShonenJake13]

I’ll follow @TeaLovingDave ’s lead and restrict myself to ten species I’ve seen:

Proboscis monkey
Black lion tamarin
Mandrill
Red-shanked douc
Red-faced spider monkey
Heck’s macaque
King colobus
Golden-bellied mangabey
Drill
Owl-faced monkey

Closely followed by black howler monkey, pied tamarin, gelada, Diana monkey, southern pig-tailed macaque, Barbary macaque, dusky langur, white-throated capuchin and red-backed bearded saki.

I also love Javan surili, golden snub-nosed monkey, black-and-white tassel-ear marmoset and red uakari but as I haven’t seen them yet they’re not in the list

 

[ZooBinh]

My favorite monkeys...well, I can only think of two at the moment.

1. Red-Shanked Douc Langur - I love the coloration on these monkeys.
2. Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey - again, the color on these guys never fails to amaze me.

 

[Chlidonias]

That beautiful grey langur @Chlidonias saw in India

Chamba Sacred Langur

 

[Chlidonias]

Toque macaque, Cat Ba langur, Red-eared guenon, That beautiful grey langur @Chlidonias saw in India

But in a comfortable first place:

Golden snub-nosed monkey

What about Thomas' Leaf Monkey?! Surely you haven't forgotten about them already?