Thomson is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 590 at the 2010 census, up from 559 at the 2000 census. Just north of the village is the Thomson Correctional Center, a mostly-unused maximum security state prison. Thomson is known for watermelons, and it has the nickname Melon Capital of the World..
The proboscis monkey is assessed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and listed in Appendix I of CITES. Its total population has decreased by more than 50% in the past 36â40 years to 2008 due to ongoing habitat loss and hunting in some areas.he proboscis monkey is a large species, being one of the largest monkey species native to Asia. Only the Tibetan macaque and a few of the gray langurs can rival its size.
Woolly spider monkeys are on the endangered list, but a recent discovery may help to repopulate them and bring them back from the brink of extinction. Woolly Spider Monkeys Are Endangered The largest primate in the Western Hemisphere is the woolly spider monkey called muriqui. It is one of the most endangered of all primates and it lives along the Brazilian coast. There are only 300- 400 woolly spider monkeys left in the world. Their near demise has resulted because of their forest habitat has been nearly removed by loggers and those seeking farmland to grow food. Studies of the woolly spider monkey have discovered that they have a unique social system. In a study group of 26 individuals continuously observed over 14 months, scientists found an extraordinary degree of cooperation and friendship among males. Only the spider monkey and the chimpanzee exhibit comparable levels of male bonding.