25 Most Endangered Primates Named

25 Most Endangered Primates Named
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Kipunji (Tanzania)

When the Kipunji was found in 2003, it was the first discovery of a new monkey species in Africa in 20 years. The Kipunji's forest habitat is being destroyedas it has been for many yearsmostly for logs and charcoal, a new report says.

The species was named one of the 25 most endangered primates in the October 27, 2007, report by the Primate Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the International Primatological Society, in collaboration with Conservation International.

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