Favorite monkey species

ShonenJake13 said:
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 ;)
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Rather like the Javan Surili too :) which is one I have seen. The Sumatran is also very nice.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Never been anywhere with wild monkey species, so no :p
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That's a shame , hope you one day are able to see some of these in the wild. Personally I would love to see a purple faced langur in either captivity or the wild , I'm yet to see one or indeed a douc langur which also really interest me.

The only species you mention that I've seen in the wild is the black lion tamarin. Back in January of this year I worked for about two weeks with a Brazilian conservation NGO closely associated with the Durrell trust with wild black lion tamarins in Morro do diabo National park. It was an experience I'll never forget.
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
personally I would love to see a purple faced langur in either captivity or the wild.
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One can only hope - one of the two subspecies I have seen (nestor) is in severe decline and is now classified as Critically Endangered, the population having reduced by c.80% in the last three generations.
 
My favourites:

Red Howler
Black Lion Tamarin
Red backed Saki
Purple faced langur
Red shanked Douc
Hamlyns owl monkey
Spix's night monkey
Golden bellied mangabey
Roloway monkey
Crowned Guenon
Hecks macaque

These are species I have seen in at least one place but make the list mainly for rarity

More common species I like to see would be:

Lion tailed macaque
Gelada
L'hoests monkey
Patas monkey
Drill
 
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TeaLovingDave said:
One can only hope - one of the two subspecies I have seen (nestor) is in severe decline and is now classified as Critically Endangered, the population having reduced by c.80% in the last three generations.
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Indeed, totally agree, lets hope that it is able to somehow survive the anthropocene. I have a very clear memory of seeing a purple langur as the cover photo on an issue of National Geographic magazine years ago which I guess was where I learned they existed from. Ever since I've always thought they were quite a charismatic species.

What zoo did you see this species in ? Was it in Europe ?
 
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Chlidonias said:
I've seen all the subspecies of Purple-faced Langurs and all three Douc species (although I haven't seen the Grey-shanked in the wild yet).
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Very impressive indeed , were they hard to spot or habituated to humans ? I'd love to see one of the Douc species in the wild someday though I know I probably won't get round to it, I just find them fascinating.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
vetulus - Edinburgh Zoo, on several occasions between 2010 and 2012.
nestor - Cotswold Wildlife Park, on several occasions between 2012 and 2015.
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Sadly it appears these are no longer being kept by either of those zoos, is this another species that zoos in Europe are allowing to fade out from their collections ?

If so then I dont really know what to say other than it is quite depressing that there isn't more interest in maintaining ex-situ a species which is so clearly on the brink of extinction in the wild.
 
Personally my favorites are the Papio baboons followed by the Patas monkey and Gelada. I also like Grey-Cheeked & Golden-Bellied Managabeys. The male Golden Bellied in Cleveland made the funniest faces when I filmed him.


And of course, Langurs are always fun to watch!

I'd like to see more primates such as Hamlyn's (Owl) Monkey as well as others such as the Roloway Monkey, Sumatran Surili and Purple-Faced Langur.
 
Drill, Lesser Spot-Nosed Monkey, Mustached Guenon, Grey Woolly Monkey, Red Uakari, and Stump-Tailed Macaque are some of my favorites of the ones I've seen.
 
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