This is a list of African primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar. According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar). In addition the list also includes the recently extinct giant lemurs and humans (Homo sapiens) on the list. Each species is listed, with its binomial name.
Strepsirrhini (É. Geoffroy, 1812)
Lorisiformes (Gregory, 1915)
Lorisoidea (Gray, 1821)
Galagidae (Gray, 1825) Euoticus (Gray, 1863) - needle-clawed galagos Euoticus elegantulus (Le Conte, 1857) - southern needle-clawed galago Euoticus pallidus (Gray, 1863) - northern needle-clawed galago Galagoides (A. Smith, 1833) - dwarf galagos Galagoides thomasi (Elliot, 1907) - Thomas's galago Galagoides orinus (Lawrence & Washburn, 1936) - Uluguru galago Galagoides rondoensis (Honess, 1997) - Rondo galago Galagoides demidovii (G. Fischer, 1806) - Prince Demidoff's galago Sciurocheirus (Gray, 1872) - squirrel galagos Sciurocheirus gabonensis (Gray, 1863) - Gabon galago Sciurocheirus cameronensis (Peters, 1876) - Cross River galago Sciurocheirus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838) - Bioko Allen's galago Otolemur (Coquerel, 1859) - greater bushbabies Otolemur garnettii (Ogilby, 1838) - northern greater galago Otolemur monteiri (Bartlett, 1863) - silvery greater galago Otolemur crassicaudatus (É Geoffroy, 1812) - brown greater galago Galago (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - lesser galagos Galago zanzibaricus (Matschie, 1893) - Zanzibar galago Galago granti (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907) - Grant's galago Galago matschiei (Lorenz, 1917) - dusky galago Galago senegalensis (É. Geoffroy, 1796) - senegal galago Galago nyasae (Elliot, 1907) - Malawi galago Galago moholi (A. Smith, 1836) - Mohol galago Galago gallarum (Thomas, 1901) - Somali galago Lorisidae (Gray, 1821) Perodicticinae (Gray, 1870) Arctocebus (Gray, 1863) - angwantibos Arctocebus calabarensis (Smith, 1860) - Calabar angwantibo Arctocebus aureusde (Winton, 1902) - golden angwantibo Pseudopotto (Schwartz, 1996) Pseudopotto martini (Schwartz, 1996) - false potto Perodicticus (Bennett, 1830) Perodicticus potto (Statius Müller, 1766) - potto
Lemuriformes (Gray, 1821)
Daubentonioidea (Gray, 1863)
Daubentoniidae (Gray, 1863) Daubentonia (É. Geoffroy, 1795) †Daubentonia robusta (Lamberton, 1935) - giant aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis (Gmelin, 1788) - aye-aye
Cheirogaleoidea (Gray, 1872)