Table 2 
Present Availability of Wild-caught Primates 
1978 
Species 
Location of 
Indigenous 
Populations 
Availability Assessment* 
Macaca mulatta 
(rhesus monkey) 
India and 
surrounding 
countries 
Continued availability questionable 
M. fascicularis 
(cynomolgus) 
Southeast Asia, 
Indonesia, 
Philippines 
Commercially available in sufficient 
numbers to satisfy current demand 
Other macaques 
Asia 
Supplies extremely limited or 
nonexistent 
Saguinus spp. 
(tamarins) 
South America 
Commercial trade prohibited by most 
South American countries; small 
numbers available through special 
international arrangements 
Callithrix jacchus 
(common marmoset) 
Brazil 
Continued availability questionable 
Aotus trivirgatus 
(owl monkey) 
Central and 
South America 
Commercially available in limited 
numbers 
Pan troglodytes 
(common chimp) 
West Africa 
Commercial trade prohibited; 
threatened species 
Hylobates spp. 
(gibbons) 
Southeast Asia 
Commercial trade prohibited; 
endangered species 
Papio spp. 
(baboons) 
Sub-Sahara Africa 
Commercially available in sufficient 
numbers to satisfy current demand 
Cercopithecus aethiops 
(African green monkey) 
Africa 
Commercially available in sufficient 
numbers to satisfy current demand 
Saimiri sciureus 
(squirrel monkey) 
Central and 
South America 
Commercially available; subspecies in 
greatest demand not commercially 
available 
Other 
— 
Generally supplies are limited; varies 
according to species 
'The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora lists all nonhuman primates either in 
Appendix I (species threatened with extinction) or in Appendix II (species that may become threatened and for which regulation of 
trade is, therefore, necessary. 
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