List of primates by population

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List of primates by population

This is a list of primate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive as not all primates have had their numbers quantified.

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Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Hainan black crested gibbonNomascus hainanus20–50[1]CR[1]Steady[1]Population was estimated at over 2,000 in the late 1950s.[1]
Eastern black crested gibbonNomascus nasutus45–47[2]CR[2]Decrease[2]Previously thought to be possibly extinct. Numbers may be higher.[2]
Cat Ba langurTrachypithecus poliocephalus51–54[3]CR[3]Increase[3]
Popa langur Trachypithecus popa 135–176[4]CR[4]Decrease[4] Estimate for mature individuals.[4]
Raffles' banded langur Presbytis femoralis 200–250[5] CR[5] Decrease[5]
Sarawak suriliPresbytis chrysomelas200–500[6]CR[6]Decrease[6]
Perrier's sifakaPropithecus perrieri230[7]CR[7]Decrease[7]One of the 25 most endangered primates.[7]
Delacour's langurTrachypithecus delacouri234–275[8]CR[8] Decrease[8] The population of the species has radically decreased over the past decade.[8]
Silky sifakaPropithecus candidus250[9]CR[9]Decrease[9]Estimate is believed to be a maximum.[9]
Tonkin snub-nosed monkeyRhinopithecus avunculus250[10]CR[10]Decrease[10]
Barbara Brown's titiCallicebus barbarabrownae260[11]CR[11]Decrease[11]Minimum estimation.[11]
Myanmar snub-nosed monkeyRhinopithecus strykeri260–330[12]CR[12]Decrease[12]
Mentawai langurPresbytis potenziani300–1,200[13]CR[13]Decrease[13]
Superagui lion tamarinLeontopithecus caissara400[14]CR[14]Decrease[14]Maximum estimate.[14]
Blond capuchinCebus flavius500EN|Decrease[15]
Greater bamboo lemurProlemur simus500[16]CRDecrease
Kashmir gray langurSemnopithecus ajax500[17]EN[17]Decrease[17]Maximum estimate; 250 mature.[17]
Coimbra Filho's titiCallicebus coimbrai500–1,000[18]EN[18]Decrease[18]
Gray-shanked doucPygathrix cinerea550–700[19]CR[19]Decrease[19]
Arunachal macaqueMacaca munzala569[20]EN[20]Decrease[20]While one source gives a minimum estimate of 569, another claims adult species number less than 250.[20]
White-headed langur Trachypithecus leucocephalus 600[21]CR[21] Decrease[21]
Gray snub-nosed monkeyRhinopithecus brelichi750[22]EN[22]Decrease[22]
Northern muriquiBrachyteles hypoxanthus855[23]CR[23]Decrease[23]Minimum estimate.[23]
Black lion tamarinLeontopithecus chrysopygus1,000[24]EN[24]Decrease[24]
Tana River mangabeyCercocebus galeritus1,000–1,200[25]EN[25]Decrease[25]
KipunjiRungwecebus kipunji1,117[26]EN[26]|Decrease[26]
Sanje mangabeyCercocebus sanjei1,300[27]EN[27]Decrease[27]Estimate is likely a maximum.[27]
Southern muriquiBrachyteles arachnoides1,300[28]EN[28]Decrease[28]
Black crested gibbonNomascus concolor1,300–2,000[29]CR[29]Decrease[29]
Siau Island tarsierTarsius tumpara1,358–12,470[30]CR[30]Decrease[30]Amongst the world's top 25 most endangered primates.[30]
Golden bamboo lemurHapalemur aureus1,479[31]CR[31]Decrease[31][31]
Red slender lorisLoris tardigradus1,500[32]EN[32]Decrease[32]
Sangihe tarsierTarsius sangirensis1,505–2,795[33]EN[33]Decrease[33]Population estimates are considered inconclusive.[33]
Zanzibar red colobusProcolobus kirkii2,000[34]EN[34]Decrease[34]Maximum estimate.[34]
Black snub-nosed monkeyRhinopithecus bieti2,000[35]EN[35]Decrease[35]Maximum estimate; less than 1,000 mature organisms.[35]
François' langur Trachypithecus francoisi 2,000–2,100[36]EN[36] Decrease[36] Estimate for mature individuals.[36]
Pagai Island macaqueMacaca pagensis2,100–3,700[37]CR[37]Decrease[37]Numbered 15,000 in 1980.[37]
Indochinese gray langur Trachypithecus crepusculus 2,400–2,500[38] EN[38] Decrease[38] Estimate for mature individuals.[38]
Lac Alaotra bamboo lemurHapalemur alaotrensis2,500[39]CR[39]Decrease[39]Estimates were for 2002 and showed a decline of over 50% in under ten years.[39]
Moor macaqueMacaca maura3,000–5,000[40]EN[40]Decrease[40]
Golden lion tamarinLeontopithecus rosalia3,200[41]EN[41]Steady[41]Minimum estimate; wild only.[41] In addition to these, there are about 490 golden lion tamarins in 150 zoos around the world.[42]
Lion-tailed macaqueMacaca silenus4,000[43]EN[43]Decrease[43]Estimate is a maximum.[43]
Silvery gibbonHylobates moloch4,000–4,500[44]EN[44]Decrease[44]
Javan suriliPresbytis comata5,000–12,000[45]VU[45]|Decrease[45]
Javan fuscous leaf monkey Presbytis fredericae 5,000–17,000[46]VU[46] Decrease[46]
Gee's golden langurTrachypithecus geei6,000–6,500[47]EN[47]Decrease[47]Estimate is for mature individuals.[47]
Eastern gorillaGorilla beringei5,880[33]CR[33]Decrease[33]Approximately 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas (G. b. graueri)[33] and 880 mountain gorillas (G. b. beringei).[48]
Cotton-top tamarinSaguinus oedipus6,000[49]CR[49]Decrease[49]Estimate for mature organisms is 2,000.[49]
Golden-crowned sifakaPropithecus tattersalli6,000–10,000[50]CR[50]Decrease[50]
Golden-headed lion tamarinLeontopithecus chrysomelas6,000–15,000[51]EN[51]Decrease[51]
Muna-buton macaque Macaca brunnescens 6,221–18,435[52]VU[52] |Decrease[52] Estimate is from 2007.[52]
Pig-tailed langurSimias concolor6,700–17,300[53]EN[53]Decrease[53]Down from an estimated 26,000 in 1980.[53]
Gray-headed lemurEulemur cinereiceps7,265[54]CR[54]Decrease[54]Maximum population estimate is 7,265±2,268.[54]
Sumatran orangutanPongo abelii7,300[55]CR[55]Decrease[55]
Madame Berthe's mouse lemurMicrocebus berthae8,000[56]EN[56]Decrease[56]Estimate is a maximum.[56]
Natuna Island suriliPresbytis natunae10,000[57]VU[57]Decrease[57]
Roosmalens' dwarf marmosetCallibella humilis10,000[58]VU[58]Decrease[58]
Siberut langur Presbytis siberu 11,014–27,439[59]EN[59] Decrease[59] Population is for Siberut National Park.[59]
Barbary macaqueMacaca sylvanus15,000[60]EN[60]Decrease[60]Population may be underestimated.[60]
Udzungwa red colobusProcolobus gordonorum15,400[61]EN[61]Decrease[61]Population may be overestimated.[61]
Northern giant mouse lemurMirza zaza16,500–17,500[62]VU[62]Decrease[62]
Siberut macaqueMacaca siberu17,000–30,000[63]VU[63]Decrease[63]Numbered 39,000 in 1980.[63]
Capped langur Trachypithecus pileatus 18,600[64] VU[64] Decrease[64]
Nilgiri langurTrachypithecus johnii20,000[65]VU[65]Decrease[65]Maximum estimate; mature individuals number less than 10,000.[65]
Red-eared guenonCercopithecus erythrotis20,000[66]VU[66]Decrease[66]Minimum estimate.[66]
Kloss's gibbonHylobates klossii20,000–25,000[67]EN[67]Decrease[67]
BonoboPan paniscus29,500–50,000[68]EN[68]Decrease[68]Population may be underestimated.[68]
Bornean orangutanPongo pygmaeus47,000–73,000[69]CR[69]Decrease[69]
Heck's macaque Macaca hecki 100,000[70]VU[70] Decrease[70] Little is known about its populations. Estimate is for mature individuals only.[70]
Japanese macaqueMacaca fuscata114,431[71]LCSteady[72]
Tonkean macaque Macaca tonkeana 150,000[73]VU[73] Decrease[73]
Western gorillaGorilla gorilla150,000–250,000[74]CR[74]Decrease[74]Figures are considered an overestimation.[74]
ChimpanzeePan troglodytes172,700–299,700[75]EN[75]Decrease[75]
Booted macaque Macaca ochreata 180,000[76]VU[76] Decrease[76] Estimate is from 2001.[76]
GeladaTheropithecus gelada200,000[77]LC[77]Decrease[77]
Müller's Bornean gibbonHylobates muelleri250,000–375,000[78]EN[78]Decrease[78]
Crab-eating macaqueMacaca fascicularis3,000,000[79]EN[79]Decrease[79]Latest full estimation was made at the start of the 2000s.[79]
Senegal bushbabyGalago senegalensis107,000,000[80]LC[81] Rough estimate based on population density and range.
HumanHomo sapiens8,009,000,000[82]LC[83]Increase[83]
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