Critically endangered gibbon: New action plan to save world's rarest primate

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 13:20 in Biology & Nature

An international team of more than 100 scientists, policy makers and community representatives have published a new report outlining the vital steps needed to save the Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) from extinction. With only 25 individuals remaining in less than 20 square kilometers of forest in China's Hainan Island, the Critically Endangered Hainan gibbon is one of the rarest animals in the world.

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