New List of the World's Top 25 Most Endangered Primates

Last week a special session of primatologists and conservationists chose a new list of the world's 25 most endangered primates, in order to highlight the dangers facing primate species around the world. The session was held as part of the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society in Entebbe, Uganda.

The new list of the world's Top 25 Most Endangered Primates will include:

Africa

Galagoides rondoensis Procolobus pennantii pennantii Procolobus rufomitratus Procolobus badius waldroni Rungwecebus kipunji Cercopithecus diana roloway Gorilla gorilla diehli	Rondo dwarf galago Pennant's red colobus Tana River red colobus Miss Waldron's red colobus Highland mangabey Roloway monkey Cross River gorilla

Asia

Tarsius sp. Loris lydekkerianus nycticeboides Simias concolor Trachypithecus delacouri Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus Semnopithecus vetulus nestor Pygathrix nemaeus cinerea Rhinopithecus avunculus Nomascus nasutus hainanus Hoolock hoolock hoolock Pongo abelii	Siau Island tarsier Horton Plains slender loris Pig-tailed langur Delacour's langur Tonkin hooded black langur Western purple-faced langur Grey-shanked douc Tonkin snub-nosed monkey Hainan black-crested gibbon Western hoolock gibbon Sumatran orangutan

Madagascar

Prolemur simus Eulemur albocollaris Propithecus candidus Lepilemur sahamalazensis	Greater bamboo lemur White-collared lemur Silky sifaka Sahamalaza Peninsula sportive lemur

Neotropics

Ateles hybridus Ateles fusciceps Oreonax flavicauda	Variegated spider monkey Brown-headed spider monkey Yellow-tailed woolly monkey