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A chimpanzee’s hands, a macaque in a hot spring, and a lemur’s striped tail offer three ways to start looking at primates. These photographs from the wild and sanctuaries show faces, movement, and family life across the group. Look for the long fingers and large eyes of two very different primates that are active at night, the aye-aye and Philippine tarsier.

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Mountain gorilla
Mountain gorilla: This female from the Mubare group holds a root up to her mouth in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest…
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Bornean orangutan
Bornean orangutan: At the Sepilok rehabilitation center in Malaysian Borneo, a young orangutan sits beside its mother with…
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Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee: This chimpanzee in Uganda’s Kibale National Park sits with one hand curled over the opposite arm. The grip and…
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Bonobo
Bonobo: The three bonobos form a grooming chain on a branch at LuiKotale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Look at…
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Siamang
Siamang: This black-furred gibbon was photographed in Sumatra’s Gunung Leuser National Park. The bare pouch below the chin…
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Mandrill
Mandrill: The mandrill peering past this trunk in Gabon has an orange-brown beard and pale ridges down the sides of its…
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Gelada
Gelada: The long mane falls to either side of a bare red chest patch on this male gelada near Debre Libanos, Ethiopia. The…
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Olive baboon
Olive baboon: A young olive baboon lies flat across an adult’s back at Mole National Park in Ghana. Its legs curl against…
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Mantled guereza
Mantled guereza: The white fur around this guereza’s face makes a sharp frame against its black coat. Look at the raised…
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Japanese macaque
Japanese macaque: Snow sticks to the hair of a Japanese macaque sitting in a hot spring near Nagano. Bathing in winter is a…
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Golden snub-nosed monkey
Golden snub-nosed monkey: One arm stretches up to a branch in this forest view from Mianyang, China. Look past the leaves…
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Proboscis monkey
Proboscis monkey: This adult male from Labuk Bay in Borneo faces just far enough to the side to show how far its nose…
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Red-shanked douc
Red-shanked douc: The female in this photograph from Vietnam’s Son Tra Nature Reserve has a long white tail hanging below…
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Geoffroy's spider monkey
Geoffroy's spider monkey: Look for the tail curled over the branch above this spider monkey at Tikal, Guatemala. Its feet…
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Mantled howler
Mantled howler: This male mantled howler sits in a tree in Chiriquí, Panama. The russet hair along the flank stands out…
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Panamanian white-faced capuchin
Panamanian white-faced capuchin: This Panamanian white-faced capuchin pauses on a branch in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The…
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Golden lion tamarin
Golden lion tamarin: Orange fur fans out around the dark face of this golden lion tamarin in Brazil’s Poço das Antas…
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Ring-tailed lemur
Ring-tailed lemur: The ring-tailed lemur in this photograph from Madagascar stretches low to drink. Its tail lies almost…
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Verreaux's sifaka
Verreaux's sifaka: This Verreaux’s sifaka is suspended between trees in southern Madagascar. Against the blue sky, it’s…
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Indri
Indri: This indri grips the branches with hands and feet in Madagascar’s Analamazaotra Special Reserve. The white fur on…
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Aye-aye
Aye-aye: This wild aye-aye was photographed at night in Madagascar. Below the round ears and orange eyes, long fingers curl…
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Philippine tarsier
Philippine tarsier: This tarsier peers out from under a leaf in Bohol, gripping the branch with slender fingers. The large…

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