Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: primate

Photo: An endangered cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) at the Miller Park Zoo.

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An endangered cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) at the Miller Park Zoo.

Photo: An Eastern Javan lutung, Trachypithecus auratus, at Taman Safari.

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An Eastern Javan lutung, Trachypithecus auratus, at Taman Safari. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list.

Photo: Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center.

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Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center. His name is ‘Osprey’. This species keeps fat stored in its tail in order to go into hibernation or torpor for several weeks in the winter.

Photo: Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center.

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Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center. His name is ‘Osprey’. This species keeps fat stored in its tail in order to go into hibernation or torpor for several weeks in the winter.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) mother and baby, at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in India.

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Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) mother and baby, at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in India.

Photo: A vulnerable Southern pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

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A vulnerable Southern pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati, Assam, India.

A Miller's Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

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A Miller’s Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

A Miller's Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

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A Miller’s Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

A Miller's Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

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A Miller’s Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

A Miller's Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

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A Miller’s Saki (Pithecia milleri) at the Cafam Zoo in Colombia.

Photo: Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

Photo: Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

Photo: Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

Photo: Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago in Bogota, Colombia.

Photo: Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

Photo: Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

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Ornate titi (Callicebus ornatus) at Piscilago Zoo in Bogota, Colombia.

Picture of bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad, India.

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Bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad, India.

Picture of an endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered liontailed macaque, Macaca silenus, at Singapore Zoo.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered liontailed macaque, Macaca silenus, at Singapore Zoo.

Picture of an endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered lion tailed macaque, Macaca silenus, at Singapore Zoo.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered lion tailed macaque, Macaca silenus, at Singapore Zoo.

Picture of an endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered lion tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) at Singapore Zoo.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered lion tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) at Singapore Zoo.

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