primate

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The lifespan benefits of reduced reproduction appeared across a wide range of mammals, including primates, marsupials, and rodents.

From Science Daily

The Fongoli females are the only documented animals in the world to regularly hunt with tools, fashioning branches into spears for killing smaller primates known as a bush babies.

From Barron's

Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St Louis, Missouri, sparking confusion and concern from the city's animal control officials, who said they do not know where the primates came from.

From BBC

Japanese media outlet Kyodo news reported that she once escaped with another primate - using a key to unlock her cage.

From BBC

A pair of twin mountain gorillas has been born in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - a rare occurrence for the endangered primates, conservationists at Virunga National Park say.

From BBC