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Primates described in the 2010s

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This is a list of species of the order primates that were described in the 2010s.

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2010

  • Caquetá titi (Callicebus caquetensis) was described by Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno, and Javier Garcia. It is found in Colombia.
  • Rondon's marmoset (Mico rondoni) was described by Ferrari, Sena, Schneider, and Silva Jr. It is found in Brazil.
  • Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus annamensis) was described by Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick, Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler, and Roos. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
  • Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) was described by Thomas Geissmann, Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Tony Htin Hla, Mark Grindley, and Frank Momberg. It is found in Myanmar.
  • Wallace's tarsier (Tarsius wallacei) was described by Merker, Driller, Dahruddin, Wirdateti, Sinaga, Perwitasari-Farajallah, and Shekelle. It is found in Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi.

    • 2012

  • Gerp's mouse lemur (Microcebus gerpi) was described by Radespiel and collaborators. It is found in eastern Madagascar.
  • Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) was described by Hart, Detwiler, Gilbert, Burrell, Fuller, Emetshu, Hart, Vosper, Sargis, and Tosi. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Vieira's titi (Callicebus vieirai) was described by Gualda-Barros, Nascimento and Amaral. It is found in the central-northern Brazil.

    • 2013

  • Nycticebus kayan, a species of slow loris, was first described by Rachel Munds, Anna Nekaris, and Susan Ford.
  • Makandé squirrel galago (Sciurocheirus makandensis), a species of galago, was described by Ambrose. It is found in Gabon.
  • Microcebus marohita, a mouse lemur, was described by Rodin Rasoloarison, David Weisrock, Anne Yoder, Daniel Rakotondravony, and Peter Kappeler. It is found in eastern Madagascar.
  • Microcebus tanosi, a mouse lemur, was described by Rodin Rasoloarison, David Weisrock, Anne Yoder, Daniel Rakotondravony, and Peter Kappeler. It is found in eastern Madagascar.
  • Lagothrix lugens defleri and Lagothrix lugens sapiens was described by Hugo Mantilla-Meluk. They are found in Colombia.
  • Tanintharyi long-tailed monkey was described by members of Fauna and Flora International, an international non-governmental organization. Long assumed to be extinct, is found in southern Burma.

    • 2014

  • Callicebus miltoni, described by Julio César Dalponte, Felipe Ennes Silva e José de Sousa e Silva Júnior. Endemic to Brazil.

    • 2015

  • White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys),

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