Not so good for other primates

By Kent on August 6, 2008 12:49 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBack | View blog reactions
Western lowland gorillas are doing better than we thought they were. The news for other primates is not so good.

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™. (IUCN press release, 3 August 2008)
Chimps and gorillas get most of the attention, but it's the smaller species that are most at risk. 90% of primates in Vietnam and Cambodia are at risk of extinction, and more than fifty new species have been described since 2000.

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Good news on gorillas from Uncommon Ground on December 1, 2008 6:54 AM

In August we learned that western lowland gorillas are doing better than we thought they were. Today Agence France Press reports that in spite of war on the Congo, a recent survey of gorillas found five newborns in one family... Read More

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