Species under threat
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Pennant's red colobus (left), Cross River gorilla (center) and Siau Island tarsier (right) are among the most endangered primates in the world. Photos courtesy of CI Wide |
The world's 25 most endangered primates, and the countries where they are found, are:
Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus), Madagascar
White-collared lemur (Eulemur albocollaris), Madagascar
Sahamalaza Peninsula sportive lemur (Lepilemur sahamalazensis), Madagascar
Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), Madagascar
Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli), Nigeria, Cameroon
Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus diana roloway), Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Rondo dwarf galago (Galagoides rondoensis), Tanzania
Tana River red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus), Kenya
Miss Waldron's red colobus (Procolobus badius), Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), Tanzania
Pennant's red colobus (Procolobus pennantii pennantii), Equatorial Guinea (Island of Bioko)
Variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus), Colombia, Venezuela
Brown-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps), Colombia, Ecuador
Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda), Peru
Western Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock), Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Horton Plains slender loris (Loris tardigradus nycticeboides), Sri Lanka
Western purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor), Sri Lanka
Pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor), Indonesia (Mentawai Islands)
Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius sp.), Indonesia
Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), Vietnam
Golden-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus), Vietnam
Gray-shanked douc (Pygathrix cinerea), Vietnam
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Vietnam
Hainan black-crested gibbon (Nomascus hainanus), China (Hainan Island)
Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), Indonesia (Sumatra)
(China Daily 10/26/2007 page18)
