"Twenty-Five Primates on Brink of Extinction, Study Says"
"Twenty-five species of humans' closest living relatives --
apes, monkeys and lemurs -- need urgent protection from
extinction, a report by international conservation groups said
on Monday." "Many of the primates, from the Ecuadorean brown-
headed spider monkey to the eastern black-crested gibbon in
China and Vietnam, are under threat from human destruction of
forests, from hunting and from illegal wildlife trade. The study
said five of the 25 most endangered primates were from Africa,
six from the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, nine from Asia,
and five from South America, including the Ka'apor capuchin
monkey in Brazil. 'Mankind's closest living relatives ... are on
the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation
measures,' said the report by groups including the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)." SEE ALSO:Source:
Reuters, 10/16/2012