If your baby looks like this, will you still love him/her? Will you still give all the love and care he/she needs? It’s quite easy to say yes, but in reality, we see lots of freaks being laugh at, neglected, outcasts and worst – some people are making money from them.

 

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Other people when they see awful-looking creature and took pity on them, we usually hear them say “a face only a mother could love”. Are you one of these people?

You have seen some really freak and weird-looking primates in my article entitled “Freakiest and Weirdest Primates”. Now, it’s time to see an additional list of yet other weird and freak-looking primates.

Stump-Tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides)

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Will you consider this face adorable? The above-photo of a baby-like creature is an infant Stump-tailed Macaque. It is also called the Bear Macaque and can be found in Southern Asia. Infants are born white and darken as they mature. As they age, their bright pink or red faces darken to brown or nearly black and lose a lot of their hair. Males are much larger than females. Male Stump-tailed Macaques’ canine teeth are more elongated than those of the females.

Sclater’s Lemur (Eulemur flavirons)

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Take a close look at the eyes of this animal. Sclater’s Lemur is one of the most unique of all primates in relation to eyes. This amazing animal has blue eyes, the only primate other than humans which has blue eyes.  This unique primate is also known as the Blue-eyed Black Lemur. It can attain a body length of 39-45 cm, a tail length of 51-65 cm- a total length of 90-100 cm, and a weight of 1.8-1.9 kg. It has strong hands with palms like a human, which have a rubbery texture to give it a firm grip on branches. Its tail is longer than its body and non-prehensile.

Mustached Guenon (Cercopithecus cephus)

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Will you agree if I say that the Mustached Guenon or Mustached Monkey is handsome or good-looking? For me he is cute. This species can be found in the countries of Africa like Gabon, Congo, Angola, Cameroon and neighboring areas.

Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco)

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Take a close look at the eyes of this primate. The Black Lemur’s eyes are stunningly bright and quite large. This Eulemur macaco has orange eyes and ear tufts. It is native to Madagascar like all lemurs. It grows up to 110 cm in length, of which 65 centimeters are tail and weigh up to 2.0 kilograms.

Red-Faced Spider Monkey (Ateles paniscus)

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Isn’t this creature cute? The eyes are captivating. The Red-faced Spider Monkey is native Brazil, Guyana and French Guiana. It is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey that lives in groups of about 20 individuals, splitting into small units of 1 to 5 when foraging.

Gee’s Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei)

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Although Gee’s Golden Langur’s face can’t be considered attractive or pretty I still will say “Gee your hair looks terrific”. It is also simply called Golden Langur, a monkey of western Assam, India and the Black Mountains of Bhutan. It is one of the most endangered primate species of India. It is considered sacred by many Himalayan peoples.

The Golden Langur is known for its rich golden to bright creamish hair, a black face and a very long tail measuring up to 50 cm in length.

Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

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Hey, what’s that thing on your throat? Is that a swelling goiter or what? The Siamang of Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra is a tailless, arboreal, black furred gibbon. The Siamang can be twice the size of other gibbons, reaching 1 m in height, and weighing up to 23 kg.

The Siamang is distinctive for two reasons. Firstly, its two fingers on each hand are fused together – hence the name “syndactylus” and secondly, the large “gular sac” which is a throat pouch that can be inflated to the size of its head, allowing the Siamang to make loud resonating calls or songs.

Roloway Monkey (Cercopithecus roloway)

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I would guess that the Roloway Monkey is a shy guy. Is it because of his face or it is because he wasn’t able yet to overcome his inferiority complex? Roloway Monkey is native to Cote d’Ivorie and Ghana in Africa. The Roloway Monkey is distinguished by its lengthy beard and its face is predominantly black. The body length varies between 40 and 55 cm and its weight is between 4 and 7 kilograms. It is notable to mention that it is among the most threatened primates on the African continent.

Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus)

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With its eyes wide open, the Dusky Leaf Monkey that can be found in Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, India and Bangladesh looks adorable and cute. This lovely-looking monkey is also commonly called Spectacled Langur or Spectacled Leaf Monkey.

Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana)

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Baby are you crying? Do the tears belong to me? The unique-looking Tibetan Macaque of China is also known as the Chinese Stump-tailed Macaque or Milne-Edwards’ Macaque. The Tibetan Macaque is notable for its whiskers but a hairless face. The infants have silver and black fur that changes to its adult color at the age of two. It is a gregarious animal and lives in multi-male and multi-female groups. Its life span is over 20 years.

Pygmy Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus)

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Except from having extra-large eyes, the Pygmy Mouse Lemur, also known as Peters’ Mouse Lemur, is not that ugly. It only weighs about 55 g or 1.5-1.9 oz. and measures around 12-13 cm (4.7-5.1 in) (head-body length) that’s why it is regarded as the smallest primate in the world.

Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas)

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Look at their baby, isn’t it cute? The Hamadryas Baboon is the northernmost of all the baboons; its range extends from the Red Sea in Egypt to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. It also lives on the Arabian Peninsula. The Hamadryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth, and so, is also called the Sacred Baboon.

Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)

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The odd-looking but attractive Diademed Sifaka of Madagascar is an endangered species and one of the world’s largest living lemurs, with a total adult length of approximately 105 cm or 41 inches, half of which is tail. Diademed Sifaka is regarded as “one of the most colorful and attractive of all the lemurs”. This species has evolved independently of other primates for about 55 million years.

Geoffroy’s Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)

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How are you going to consider this creature – creepy or cutie? Geoffroy’s Tamarin of Panama and Columbia is the smallest Central American monkey. It grows up to 240 mm or 9.4 in long with a tail of up to 386 mm or 15.2 in long. Males have an average weight of 486 grams (17.1 oz), and females are slightly larger on average, with an average weight of 507 grams (17.9 oz). The fur on its back is variegated black and yellow, with pale legs, feet and chest. Its face is nearly bare, but the head has reddish fur with a triangle-shaped patch in the front of the head. It is also known as the Panamanian, Red-crested or Rufous-naped Tamarin.

Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)

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The fearsome-looking Black Lion Tamarin, also known as the Golden-rumped Lion Tamarin, is found only in Sao Paulo in Brazil, almost exclusively at the Morro do Diabo State Park. It lives in secondary and primary forests along its restricted range. The first zoo to breed this species was Jersey, and now they have sent their offspring to other European zoos. Bronx also keeps the species, as does Sao Paulo.

Red-Handed Tamarin (Saguinus midas)

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The bizarre-looking Red-handed Tamarin of the Amazons is also known as the Golden-handed Tamarin or Midas Tamarin. Young tamarins are cared for primarily by the father and turned over to the mother only to nurse, however the entire group helps with the care of the young. It is an exceptional climber and spends most of its time among the vines and branches of the trees. They are quick and agile and are superb jumpers known to jump distances of over 60 feet from a tree to the ground with no sign of injury.

Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar)

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The ferocious-looking Lar Gibbon also known as the White-handed Gibbon of Southeast Asia is one of the more well-known gibbons and is often seen in zoos. Its fur coloring differs from black and dark-brown to light brown sandy colors. The hands and feet are white; likewise, a ring of white hair surrounds the black face. Both males and females can have all color variants, and the sexes also hardly differ in size. As is the case for all gibbons, they have long hands and no tail.

Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)

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Who doesn’t know the fictional character and film superstar King Kong? Despite its awful looks, people have learned to love and accept him. King Kong is a species of Gorilla. The Eastern Gorilla is the largest living primate in the world. It has a flat nose with large nostrils. The face, hands, feet and breast are bald. The tallest recorded was a 1.94 m or 6.4 ft and the heaviest was a 1.83 m or 6 ft. which weighed about 266 kg or 585 lb.

Hope you enjoyed this. Thank you!

See also

• Freakiest and Weirdest Primates
• Weird and Bizarre Monkeys