§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the countries to which the UK exports primates; and what species of primates are imported to the UK other than macaques. [111150]
§ Ms QuinDuring 1999 my Department issued health certification for the export of primates to the following countries:
- Australia
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Germany
- Hungary
- Indonesia
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- Poland
- Republic of Ireland
- Russia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka.
In 1999 import licences were issued for the following species of primates:
- Crab-eating Macaque (Cynomolgus Macaca Fascicularis)
- Red Bellied Lemur (Lemur rubriventer)
- White Fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur fuluus albifrons)
- Humboldt's Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha)
- White Collared Lemur (Eulemur Fulvus albocollaris)
- Crowned Lemur (Lemur coronatus)
- Western Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur griseus occidentalis)
- Pale headed Saki (Pithecia pithecia)
- Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicevus moloch)
- Owl Faced Monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni)
- Geoffroy's Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)
- Western black and white Colobus (Colobus Polykomos Polykomos)
- Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia)
- Capuchin Monkey (Cebus albifrons)
- Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
- Tamarin (Saguinus midas)
- Binturang (Artictis Binturang)
- Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)
- Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
- Ring Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
- Colombian Black Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps robostus)
- Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
- Golden Headed Lion Tamarin (Leontideus chrysomelas)
- Sclater's Lemur (Lemur flaurifrons)
- Red Ruffed Lemur (Vercia variegata rubra)
- Siamang (Syndalactus)
- Moloch Gibbon (Hylobates moloch moloch)
- Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
- Gelada Baboon (Theropithecus gelada)
- Lesser Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus).