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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Antiviral Res. 2015 Mar 5;117:75–98. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2015.02.011

Table 1.

Scientific and common names of nonhuman primates discussed in this article, based on (Nowak and Walker, 1999).

Family Genus Species Common Name
Lemuridae Eulemur fulvus rufus Red-fronted brown lemur
Eulemur fulvus Common brown lemur
Lemur catta Ring-tailed lemur
Indriidae Propithecus diadema Diademed sifaka
Propithecus verreauxi deckeni Von der Decken’s Sifaka
Cebidae Cebus apella Tufted capuchin
Cebus albifrons White-fronted capuchin
Saimiri sciureus Squirrel monkey
Cebus capucinus White-headed capuchin
Aotidae Aotus trivirgatus Northern owl monkey
Callitrichidae Sanguinus nigricollis White lipped tamarin
Sanguinus mystax Moustached tamarin
Saguinus oedipus Cotton-top tamarin
Callithrix jacchus Common marmoset
Cercopithecidae Papio cynocephalus Yellow baboon
Macaca mulatta Rhesus macaque
Macaca sinica Toque macaque
Macaca radiata Bonnet macaque
Macaca nemestrina Pig-tailed macaque
Macaca tonkeana Tonkean macaque
Macaca sylvanus Barbary macaque
Macaca fuscata Japanese macaque
Macaca fascicularis philippensis Philippine macaque
Cercopithecus sp. Guenon
Macaca fascicularis Cynomolgus macaque
Presbytis(Semno pithecus) entellus Hanuman Langur
Cercopithecus aethiops African green monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius Red-tailed monkey
Papio cynocephalus Yellow baboon
Papio sp. Baboon
Erythrocebus patas Patas monkey
Hylobatidae Hylobates agilis Black-handed gibbon
Hylobates lar lar White-handed gibbon
Hominidae Pongo pygmaeus Bornean orangutan
Pan troglodytes Chimpanzee
Gorilla gorilla Western gorilla
Gorilla gorilla gorilla Western lowland gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei Mountain gorilla
Homo sapiens Human