Primates of India

India is home to leaping langurs, bold macaques, the slow-blinking loris — and its only ape, the Hoolock Gibbon of the northeastern forests. Browse India's primates — Hanuman Langur, Rhesus & Bonnet Macaque, Lion-tailed Macaque, Slender Loris and the Hoolock Gibbon. Real sighting data from iNaturalist.

Bonnet Macaque — Primates of India
Bonnet Macaque — one of the species in this collection · Photo via iNaturalist, © Anil Kumar Verma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anil Kumar Verma.

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