To create a database of primate malarias, we used the search terms Plasmodium and/or malaria and all genera of primates in PubMed and Web of Science until January 1, 2015. We also used key reference books [4,21] and historical literature reviews to find obscure and non-English publications [31–33] to supplement online searches. We included recent ape Plasmodium species within the Laverania subgenus with the naming established by Rayner et al.[28]. These species have only been