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Primarily Primates

Q: Where is Primarily Primates?

United States. Primarily Primates is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 29.689° N, 98.683° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 290 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Primarily Primates?

8 species. Citizen-science photos record 8 species at Primarily Primates, including Common Raccoon, Elk (wapiti), Burmese Python, Ring-tailed Lemur and Chimpanzee. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Primarily Primates in the wild?

Common Raccoon: Celestún Biosphere Reserve. Some of the animals photographed at Primarily Primates also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Raccoon (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Celestún Biosphere Reserve), Elk (wapiti) (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Redwood National Park) and Burmese Python (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve).

Q: When did Primarily Primates open and how big is it?

Opened 1978, 31 ha. Primarily Primates, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1978 and covers about 31 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 8 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 8 spp. present

Primarily Primates (PPI) is a nonprofit organization in Bexar County, Texas, that operates an animal sanctuary, housing 347 non-human primates and a variety of other birds and animals released from use in entertainment, research, or as rescues from the exotic pet trade. The organization was founded by Wallace (Wally) Swett in 1978, who ran the facility until 2006, when the Texas attorney general took control of it after allegations of substandard animal care. It has since been passed to new management, and operates in 2018, with a $1.1 million dollar budget. Primarily Primates employs 16 people for management and care staff, and a full-time veterinarian to assure high standards of animal car Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

29.689° N 98.683° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

Medium

Species present

species

Opened

1978

Size

Large

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Getting there

primarilyprimates.org ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Procyon lotor

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Celestún Biosphere Reserve+ 46 more parks

Cervus canadensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Redwood National Park+ 15 more parks · Nearby records

Python bivittatus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Big Cypress National Preserve+ 7 more parks · Nearby records

Lemur catta

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or citiesNearby records

Pan troglodytes

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Kibale National Park+ 6 more parks · Nearby records

Rollulus rouloul

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Taman Negara National Park+ 2 more parks · Nearby records

Macaca

Daily sighting probability —

See the group

🐾 No photo available

Nanger dama

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or citiesNearby records

Before you go

Where is Primarily Primates?

United States

Primarily Primates is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 29.689° N, 98.683° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 290 km away.

What animals can you see at Primarily Primates?

8 species

Citizen-science photos record 8 species at Primarily Primates, including Common Raccoon, Elk (wapiti), Burmese Python, Ring-tailed Lemur and Chimpanzee. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Primarily Primates in the wild?

Common Raccoon: Celestún Biosphere Reserve

Some of the animals photographed at Primarily Primates also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Raccoon (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Celestún Biosphere Reserve), Elk (wapiti) (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Redwood National Park) and Burmese Python (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve).

When did Primarily Primates open and how big is it?

Opened 1978, 31 ha

Primarily Primates, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1978 and covers about 31 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 8 species are photographed there.