Extinction Threat To Monkeys And Other Primates Due To Habitat Loss, Hunting
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 22:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Mankind's closest relatives -- the world's monkeys, apes and other primates -- are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some literally being eaten into extinction. The first comprehensive review in five years of the world's 634 kinds of primates found that almost 50 percent are in danger of going extinct, according to the criteria of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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