It's kind of a shame simians aren't used more in furry art and especially furry literature, given how prominently they're featured in mythology and fiction, especially in mainstream fiction. It's for a good reason, and the reason is, like the article points out, they contrast very well with both "furry" style anthros and humans. I think furries just aren't quite sure where they fit in the paradigm or don't really know what to do with them. But the answers are basically right there in a lot of the entertainment many of them grew up with. Star Fox, Jungle Book, Lion King and Donkey Kong Country all make very good use of simians and I couldn't picture their particular roles and mannerisms being portrayed by humans or by any other species as effectively. Plus they can make a good substitute for humans in roles where you kinda want to put humans, but don't think humans even coexisting with anthros is realistic (or might even be problematic - and yes, I mean in the way some find Zootopia's ham-fisted allegory for racism problematic).
It's kind of a shame simians aren't used more in furry art and especially furry literature, given how prominently they're featured in mythology and fiction, especially in mainstream fiction. It's for a good reason, and the reason is, like the article points out, they contrast very well with both "furry" style anthros and humans. I think furries just aren't quite sure where they fit in the paradigm or don't really know what to do with them. But the answers are basically right there in a lot of the entertainment many of them grew up with. Star Fox, Jungle Book, Lion King and Donkey Kong Country all make very good use of simians and I couldn't picture their particular roles and mannerisms being portrayed by humans or by any other species as effectively. Plus they can make a good substitute for humans in roles where you kinda want to put humans, but don't think humans even coexisting with anthros is realistic (or might even be problematic - and yes, I mean in the way some find Zootopia's ham-fisted allegory for racism problematic).