About the Primates

Primate species fact sheets

Scroll down the Fact Sheets and Resources page to Select a Primate.

General links about primates

• Is There a Difference Between Monkeys and Apes? (How Stuff Works)
• All About Primates (Wirefence Co, UK)
• What Makes a Primate a Primate?  (by Kathryn Orzech, University of Arizona)
• Primate Facts: What are Primates? (New England Primate Conservancy)
• Primates  (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2002)
• The Primates: An Introduction to the Taxonomy and General Characteristics of the Living Primates  (by Dr. Dennis O’Neil, Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, California)