Hyderabad Zoo - Where tigers call home

Primates

African Green Monkey	African Red Pattas Monkey	African Wolf Monkey	Bonnet Monkey
Capped Langur	Chakma Baboon	Chimpanzee	Golden Langur
Lion Tail Monkey	Olive Baboon	Orangutan	Sacred Baboon
Slender Loris	Yellow Baboon

Golden Pheasant, © R. Nair

Gravity defying acrobatics and whimsical gazes will greet you at the primates exhibits. You will find here a number of primate species from Africa, Central Asia, and Southern Asia - known as the Old World monkeys. Natives of South and Central America, on the other hand, are known as the New World monkeys. Residing in their large open enclosures, the chimpanzees from South Africa are arguably the smartest of the bunch, and with five times the strength, they can easily overpower a male human. Of the five baboon species that survive today, you can see four at our zoo - the sacred, olive, yellow, and chacma baboons. The endangered orangutans, now only found in the rain forests of Borneo and Sumatra, can be seen here as well.

One in every three of the world's monkeys, lemurs, apes, and other primates are now threatened with extinction. Habitat loss due to the clearing of tropical forests for agriculture, timber extraction, and the collection of fuel wood continues to be the major factor in the declining number of primates. In many Indian cities, habitat destruction has led to conflicts between primates and humans. The adorable rhesus, bonnets, and langurs, while thriving at our zoo, have become a source of concern in many parts of India because of their mischievous ways.