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Monkeys and apes that start with B
The full list of monkeys and apes starting with B: 23 names, taken from the 183 answers to “Name a type of monkey or ape” in Icillion.
Monkeys and apes that begin with B
- Baboon
- Bald Uakari
- Banded Langur
- Barbary Macaquealso Barbary Ape
- Bearded Saki
- Black Crested Mangabey
- Black Howler Monkey
- Black Lion Tamarin
- Black Spider Monkeyalso Red-faced Spider Monkey, Guianan Spider Monkey
- Black-and-white Colobus
- Black-handed Spider Monkeyalso Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
- Black-headed Spider Monkey
- Black-headed Uakari
- Black-shanked Douc
- Black-tufted Marmoset
- Blue Monkey
- Bolivian Squirrel Monkeyalso Black-capped Squirrel Monkey
- Bonnet Macaque
- Bonobo
- Bornean Orangutan
- Brown Capuchinalso Tufted Capuchin, Black-capped Capuchin
- Brown Howler Monkey
- Brown Spider Monkey
About this list
- B is the most common first letter in this list: 23 of the 183 monkeys and apes (13%).
- Shortest: “Baboon”. Longest: “Black-headed Spider Monkey”.
- 21 names have more than one word.
- 5 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many monkeys and apes start with B?
- 23 of the 183 monkeys and apes in Icillion start with B, for example Baboon, Bonobo and Barbary Macaque.
- What is the longest name among monkeys and apes that start with B?
- The longest is “Black-headed Spider Monkey” and the shortest is “Baboon”.
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