Newly Discovered Monkey Is Threatened With Extinction

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 08/01/2008 - 23:30

Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate.

Africa's 'kipunji' hovers at 1,100 individuals.


 

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