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Southern bearded sakis beyond the brink

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

A. D. Johns  and
J. M. Ayres
A. D. Johns
Affiliation:
Subdepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QS, UK.
J. M. Ayres
Affiliation:
Departamento Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, CP 399, 66.000 Belém, Pará, Brazil.
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The southern bearded saki is a critically endangered Amazonian primate, occurring only in a small area of north-eastern Brazil. The animal is poorly known, and recent evidence suggests that the species may comprise several critically endangered subspecies. All existing forms are threatened by the continuing economic development of their rain-forest habitat. The fate of this monkey is only an example of the dark future faced by many species as forest clearance spreads through the region.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 164 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1987

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