On the Topic of Primates

[AlexSea]

I think we can agree that primates have been fairly neglected, with only three new species being added since launch. That being said, what primate species would you like to see? Here's some of my top picks.

The Hamadryas Baboon is common in captivity, and it's a much needed arid primate.

The Bald Uakari is a bit of an oddity, but I would love it for its unique appearance despite it's lack of captive specimens.

The Geoffroy's Spider Monkey is a great pick to fill the lacking South American primate representation we have right now, and it could use the metal climbing frames to brachiate.

The Lar Gibbon would be an easy animal to make from the Siamang rig, and its varied fur colors across individuals aren't matched in any primate we have right now.

The Golden Lion Tamarin could be an excellent pick for walkthrough exhibits, as I think it might be too small to be a habitat animal.

 

[peafowl]

golden snub nose, aye aye, sclaters lemur, crowned lemur, sifaka...

 

[NachoB]

I think we can agree that primates have been fairly neglected, with only three new species being added since launch. That being said, what primate species would you like to see? Here's some of my top picks.

The Hamadryas Baboon is common in captivity, and it's a much needed arid primate.

The Bald Uakari is a bit of an oddity, but I would love it for it's unique appearance despite it's lack of captive specimens.

The Geoffroy's Spider Monkey is a great pick to fill the lacking South American primate representation we have right now, and it could use the metal climbing frames to brachiate.

The Lar Gibbon would be an easy animal to make from the Siamang rig, and its varied fur colors across individuals aren't matched in any primate we have right now.

The Golden Lion Tamarin could be an excellent pick for walkthrough exhibits, as I think it might be too small to be a habitat animal.

All of these plus the howler monkey, mantled guereza and golden snub nosed monkey.

Those are my priorities, but there are plenty of other primates like the gelada, de brazza's monkey, patas monkey, vervet monkey, hanuman langur, lion tailed macaque, red flanked douc, squirrel monkey, olive baboon, etc. that i would like to get for the game.

 

[yoav_r]

Just from the Tamarin/Marmoset group we need at least 3 species for realism. Primates are kinda hopeless as a group.

 

[Captain Callum]

My top picks?

• Hamadryas Baboon
• Vervet Monkey
• Black and white colobus
• Lion tailed macaque
• De brazzas monkey
• Spider Monkey
• Gray Langur
• Aye aye

 

[Chuditch]

There's so much potential for primates! Two species that I haven't seen mentioned here yet that I'd also really like to see are the Bolivian squirrel monkey and the Northern white-cheeked gibbon. Both are quite similar to species we already have in the game (capuchin and siamang respectively) but are among my favourite primates IRL thanks to their beautiful appearance and presence in local zoos. The Northern white-cheeked gibbon is also just more stunning than the lar gibbon in my opinion, so it'd definitely be my first preference for a second gibbon species.

 

[SuzieSky]

Golden Lion Tamarin and Red Shanked Douc are my personal favorites.

I would say the bare minimum to make the game feel complete would be 4 from South America, a baboon, 2 smaller ones from Africa, 1 from India, and the Golden Snub Nosed Monkey (for China). Ideally, I would like at least 12, at a rate of about 4 or 5 per 25 new animals until we get about 20. Then, I would not miss them quite so much.

South/Central America:

• Howler Monkey
• Spider Monkey: I would pick Geoffroy's for its endangered status and color variation
• Squirrel Monkey
• Tamarins/Marmosets: A trio of the Golden Lion Tamarin, Cotton Top Tamarin, and Emperor tamarin would be ideal. I liked the idea of them roaming free, but I would gladly take them in an exhibit over not at all.
• Other: A saki and/or a red uakari would be cool for variety, especially if tamarins are in exhibits.

Africa:

• Baboon: Hamadryas would be good for the Middle East as well, looks cool, and is the most popular, other good options include the olive baboon and the gelada
• Mantled Colobus: is cool and has the most votes for the smaller African Monkeys
• Guenon: De Brazza's for me, though others would like the Roloway, L'Hoest's, or Diana Monkey (also good)
• Patas: Another common monkey that would be nice to have
• Mangabey: Many colorful and fun varieties
• Barbary Macaque: A bit plain, but also can be found in Europe
• Sifaka/other lemurs: popular, but we have similar stuff
• Aye-Aye: Largest night monkey

Asia:

• Indian Monkey: Grey Langur and/or Lion Tailed Macaque would be great, others want a golden langur
• Golden Snub Nosed Monkey: Important conservation species that is very well known in China and present in East Asian zoos
• Rhesus Macaque: Plain, but common in captivity and present throughout much of southeast Asia
• Red Shanked Douc: Almost no captive presence, but they are endangered and so pretty. Please, Frontier!
• Another Gibbon, preferably Lar, would be nice

 

[nutrit]

My favorites are:
Lion tailed macaque from India

Black crested macaque from Sulawesi

Gray langur from India

Javan langur from Java

Snub nosed monkey from China

Patas monkey from Africa

Diana monkey from Africa

Red capped mangabey from Africa

Mantled guereza from Africa

Sifaka from Madagascar

 

[nutrit]

Part 2:
Hamyln’s monkey from Africa

Da Brazza’s monkey from Africa:

Any spider monkey from SA:

Any howler monkey from SA:

Any wooly monkey from SA:

Plus at least 5 tamarin and marmosets species for the walk through exibit:

 

[Aramar]

For me, these are the essential primates we need at least:

Asia:
-Lar gibbon (they are different enough from siamangs)

Africa:
-Hamadryas baboon (baboons are too iconic to miss them). I think these are popular enough among the general public to be a headliner animal!

South America:
-Spider monkey (Geoffroy's?)
-Howler monkey (Black?)
-Squirrel monkey (Bolivian?)

Of course, others like the white faced saki or the tiny ones would be welcome too

 

[Barje]

I'd love to have two gibbons instead of two chimpanzees for sure, but as it is how it is, I would prefer to have the slots saved for tailed monkeys only.
Squirrel Monkeys, Howler Monkeys, Mantled Guerezas, Golden Lion Tailed Tamarins, Hamadryas Baboons.. The list of popular zoo monkeys goes on and on, and yet, we only have only two truly tailed monkeys (for this specific category, I do not count Japanese macaque and Mandrill)
With only one happening to appear more widely (black and white capuchin)

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

I think a good bare minimum for monkeys would be at least four species for each of the three regions with multiple types of monkey (Latin America, Africa and Asia). These would be my choices:

Latin America:
We already have the Colombian white-faced capuchin monkey.

Plus the Colombian red howler monkey:

With that, there would be four very different-looking South American monkeys, all with some degree of captive presence. Spider monkeys would use the brachiation feature, while howler monkeys would have chorus behaviour.

Africa:
We already have the mandrill.

With those four, you'd have four species of African monkey that all represent different habitats: the mandrill being tropical terra-firme forest, the De Brazza's from wetlands, the gelada from high-altitude grassland and the grivet from savannahs. The De Brazza's and grivets especially are quite common in zoos, with the gelada also becoming increasingly common in European zoos.

Asia:
We already have the Japanese macaque and proboscis monkey.

This would add a more commonly-kept and widespread langur (found in zoos in Europe, America and Australia, as well as their native Asia) and a quite frequently-kept, tropical and endangered Asian macaque.

Monkeys are, I think, the most pressing absence among the primates. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing a second gibbon species (preferably the lar, although my home zoo has the pileated gibbon which is also a fantastic species) and more species of lemur.

 

[jvandiver91]

A Primate Pack to remedy this would be ideal, but that’s wishful thinking, I suppose

 

[Fallax]

I think primates are probably the mammal group currently which needs the most new species. For me, I can split the species on my wishlist into two categories: "primitive primates" (basically anything which isn't monkeys or apes) and new world monkeys. I'm personally fine if we don't get any more apes or old world monkeys with one MAJOR exception...

Baboons! Specifically I would love the hamadryas baboon the most but I'd take any baboon species.

Now for the other primates on my wishlist, starting with the "primitive primates":

1. Slow Loris
2. Galago
3. Tarsier
4. Indri
5. Sifaka
6. Aye-Aye

I know some of these are virtually non-existent in captivity (tarsier and indri...) but I think they are unique and deserve to be in the game, especially the tarsier. I'd be fine if we don't get indri if we get sifaka.

Now for the new world monkeys on my wishlist:

1. Spider Monkey
2. Pygmy Marmoset
3. Any Tamarin
4. Douroucouli
5. Uakari
6. Howler Monkey

There is other species out there, primates have a lot of variety for example. I know a lot of people want even more old world monkeys but I do think new world monkeys and other primates need this priority way more... there is still some others I would be happy with though (gelada, colobus, grey langur).

 

[wowman]

yes - please. In some ways I would love a monkey/primate pack more than a bird pack.

 

[yoav_r]

I can't see a monkey pack ever happening, but I can see something like a climbers/treetops pack, which could've several monkeys but also several musteloids, birds and whatnot.

 

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

 

[yoav_r]

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To be fair, they are not the most "prioritized" in the family given how many much more common and "basic" monkeys we are missing.

 

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

To be fair, they are more common in zoo then all spider, howler and wolly monkeys combined, being only less common then squirrel monkeys, the tufted capuchin and tamarins.
So pretty much the most common south american monkey thats larger then a capuchin and that by far

 

[Aramar]

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