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A Woolly Monkey Rediscovered in Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Russell A. Mittermeier ,
Hernando de Macedo Ruiz  and
Anthony Luscombe
Russell A. Mittermeier
Affiliation:
Museum of Comparative Zoology and Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, USA.
Hernando de Macedo Ruiz
Affiliation:
Head of the Dept. of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad National Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 1109, Lima, Peru, to whom requests for reprints should be sent.
Anthony Luscombe
Affiliation:
Atahualpa 335, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
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Abstract

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The Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey, last seen by scientists in 1926 and feared extinct, was rediscovered by the authors in the area of the lower Andes where it was last seen. They were able to bring back a live juvenile that was being kept as a pet, and also four skins and three skulls which they got from a hunter who had shot the animals for meat. The authors urge the need to create a reserve for this rare endemic monkey in Peru and plan further exploratory trips to decide the best area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , April 1975 , pp. 41 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1975

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