Primates in the reserves

6 mammal species of the order Primates are recorded around 244 parks and reserves in the directory. The most widely recorded is the Vervet Monkey, near 155 reserves.

Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus155 reserves

Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus132 reserves Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus21 reserves

Moholi BushbabyGalago moholi20 reserves

Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis19 reserves Australopithecus robustusAustralopithecus robustus5 reserves

All 6 species

Species	Family	Reserves	Records	IUCN	Recorded most near
Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus	Cercopithecidae	155	3 069	LC	Kruger National Park
Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus	Cercopithecidae	132	3 836	LC	Kruger National Park
Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus	Galagidae	21	234	LC	iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Moholi BushbabyGalago moholi	Galagidae	20	61	LC	Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis	Cercopithecidae	19	432	LC	iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Australopithecus robustus	Hominidae	5	98	NE	Plovers Lake

Other mammal orders

Carnivora 32 Rodentia 31 Chiroptera 16 Cetacea 9 Perissodactyla 6

GBIF.org occurrence records; taxonomy from the GBIF backbone; photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors on the photo credits page).