Morgan Island, SC, commonly referred to as ‘Monkey Island’ by the locals, brings wild animals to South Carolina. While conspiracy theorists think along the lines of ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’, Monkey Island is really used as a containing area for the primates Alpha Genesis Inc. uses for biomedical research, including:

• African Green – Chlorocebus aethiops
• Capuchin monkey – Cebus apella
• Common marmoset – Callithrix jacchus
• Cynomolgus macaque – Macaca fascicularis
• Owl monkey – Aotus nancymai
• Rhesus macaque – Macaca mulatta
• Squirrel monkey – Saimiri sciureus, and other species available upon request.

AGI specializes in providing specific-pathogen-free (SPF) non-human primate models to the biomedical research community. Included are cynomolgus and rhesus macaques, African Greens, and several New World primate species for specialized biomedical applications. As a leading provider of nonhuman primates AGI fosters outstanding research results for our customers by providing primate models of only the highest quality.

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