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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many primates, broken down by species, have been imported into the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. [188716] Mr. Morley: The following table shows the numbers of species imported. Current records commenced in 1997. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scientific name and year of import Common name Total number per species Aotus lemurinus Douroucolli 1999 1 1 Ateles fusciceps Spider monkey 1999 1 1 Callicebus cupreus Ornate titi 2001 2 2002 11 13 Callimico goeldi Goeldi's tamarin 1998 1 1 Callithrix argentata Black tailed marmoset 2002 1 2004 1 2 Callithrix geoffroyi White fronted marmoset 1999 18 2002 5 23 Callithrix jacchus Common marmoset 1997 18 1998 24 1999 38 80 Cebus albifrons White fronted capuchin 1999 8 2002 1 9 Cebus apella Tufted capuchin 1998 24 1999 32 2001 1 57 Cercopithecus ascanius Black-cheeked white nosed monkey 1998 1 1 Cercopithecus hamlyni Owl-faced monkey 1999 4 4 Cercopitecus mona Mona monkey 1998 10 10 Cercopithecus petaurista Lesser white nosed monkey 1998 10 10 Chlorocebus aethiops Vervet monkey 2000 1 2002 1 2 Daubentonia madagascariensis Aye-aye 2001 1 1 Galago senegalensis Senegal Galago 1997 4 4 Galago demidoff Dwarf Galago 1997 10 10 Gorilla gorilla Gorilla 2000 2 2 Hapalemur griseus Grey gentle lemur 2001 2 2002 2 4 Hylobates agilis Dark handed gibbon 2000 1 2001 1 2 Hylobates gabriellae Buff cheeked gibbon 2000 2 2001 3 5 Hylobates lar White handed gibbon 2000 1 2001 2 3 Hylobates moloch Silvery gibbon 2000 2 2 Hylobates muelleri Muller's gibbon 2000 1 1 Hylobates spp Gibbon 2000 1 1 Leontopithecus chrysmela Golden headed Lion tamarin 2000 1 1 Leontopithecus rosalia Golden lion tamarin 2002 1 1 Macaca fascicularis Crab eating macaque 1997 704 1998 2442 1999 1186 2000 1599 2001 1967 2002 2152 2003 1859 2004 655 12,564 Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey 1997 184 1998 96 1999 124 2000 153 2001 46 2002 74 2003 2 2004 20 699 Macaca nigra Celebes crested macaque 2000 5 2002 1 6 Mandrillus sphinx Mandrill 2001 1 1 Nycticebus pygmaeus Lesser slow loris 1999, 4 4 Pan troglodytes Chimpanzee 1999 1 2000 1 2002 2 2003 1 2004 1 6 Pitheca pitheca White faced saki 2002 1 1 Pongo pygmaeus Orang-utan 2000 1 2001 2 2003 2 5 Presbytis comata Java leaf monkey 1998 8 8 Presbytis melalophos Mitred leaf monkey 1998 4 4 Saguinus bicolor Pied tamarind 2004 1 1 Saguinus imperator 2000 1 1 Saguinus midas Negro tamarind 1998 17 1999 54 71 Saimiri boliviensis Squirrel monkey 1998 6 6 Saimiri sciureus Common squirrel monkey 1997 30 1998 54 1999 266 350 Trachypithecus obsurus Spectacled langur 1998 1 1 Varecia variegata Ruffed lemur 2001 2 2 Total 13,981 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

424 c1933-5W;424 c1930-3W; 188716

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Imports Primates

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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