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Primates that start with B
Looking for primates that begin with B? Here are 15 of them in alphabetical order, from “Baboon” to “Bushbaby”.
Primates starting with B
- Baboon
- Bamboo lemur
- Barbary macaquealso Barbary ape
- Bearded saki
- Black howler
- Black lemur
- Black-and-white colobusalso Guereza
- Black-and-white ruffed lemuralso Ruffed lemur
- Blue monkey
- Blue-eyed black lemur
- Bonnet macaque
- Bonoboalso Pygmy chimpanzee
- Bornean orangutan
- Brown lemur
- Bushbabyalso Bush baby, Galago
About this list
- B is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 15 of the 149 primates (10%).
- Shortest: “Baboon”. Longest: “Black-and-white ruffed lemur”.
- 12 names have more than one word.
- 5 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many primates start with B?
- 15 of the 149 primates in Icillion start with B, for example Baboon, Bonobo and Bushbaby.
- What is the longest name among primates that start with B?
- The longest is “Black-and-white ruffed lemur” and the shortest is “Baboon”.
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