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We Actually Know Very Little About Protecting Our Threatened Primates – Gizmodo Australia
From lemurs to orangutans, tarsiers to gorillas, primates are captivating and sometimes unnervingly similar to us. So it’s not surprising that this group of more than 500 species receives a great deal of research and conservation attention. But despite this e…
From lemurs to orangutans, tarsiers to gorillas, primates are captivating and sometimes unnervingly similar to us. So its not surprising that this group of more than 500 species receives a great deal of research and conservation attention.
But despite this effort, more than 60% of primate species are threatened with extinction mainly due to human activities, such as habitat loss, hunting, illegal trade, climate change and disease.
This extinction crisis makes effective conservation actions vi…
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