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Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and more likely to be discovered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature , 66 of these species are endangered, and 40% of the threatened taxa belong to the primate group.
They are the two largest species of New World monkeys, and the northern species is one of the most endangered of all the world's monkeys. [3] The muriqui lives primarily in coffee estates in southeastern Brazil. [4]: 174 Males are the same size and weight as females. [4]: 175
The brown howler (Alouatta guariba), also known as brown howler monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey that lives in forests in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina . [1] [2] It lives in groups of two to 11 individuals. [3]
The first time Brazilian biologist Fernanda Abra saw a Groves’ titi monkey, one of the most 25 endangered primates in the world, it was positioned right next to a road. “It was totally exposed ...
Muriquis are the largest extant New World monkeys. They can reach 4.3 feet or 1.3 metres long and weight up to 7 to 10 kilograms (15 to 22 lb). [ 4 ] The northern muriqui is a critically endangered species, it is estimated that there are less than 1000 mature individuals in the wild. [ 2 ]
There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on ...
The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), also called white-tufted marmoset or white-tufted-ear marmoset, is a New World monkey.It originally lived on the northeastern coast of Brazil, in the states of Piauí, Paraíba, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Bahia. [6]
The tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey, ... [30] all in Brazil and hundreds of miles apart.