What types of primates are housed at the CNPRC?
The majority of monkeys housed at the CNPRC – about 5,100 – are rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Rhesus monkeys are native to Pakistan, India, Nepal and parts of Afghanistan, China and southeast Asia. The center has about 250 cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis), also known as crab-eating or long-tailed macaques, which are native to southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines. The CNPRC is also home to about 70 titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus), which are found in parts of South America.
