The world's 25 most endangered primates have been named in a report released at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity on Oct. 15, 2012. These "Primates in Peril" include those hairy animals considered most in danger of becoming extinct from various threats, including destruction of their tropical-forest homes, illegal wildlife trade and commercial hunting for bush meat. Above, a Rondo dwarf galago (Galagoides rondoensis) from Tanzania.
Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway), Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
Bioko red colobus (Piliocolobus pennantii pennantii), Equatorial Guinea
Tana River red colobus (Piliocolobus rufomitratus), Kenya
Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), DRC
Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae), Madagascar. Added for the first time to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates in 2012.
Sclater’s black lemur or Blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons), Madagascar
Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), Madagascar. Added for the first time to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list in 2012.
Northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis), Madagascar
Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), Madagascar
Indri (Indri indri), Madagascar. Added to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates in 2012.
Pygmy tarsier (Tarsius pumilus), Indonesia. Added to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list in 2012.
Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus), Indonesia
Simokobu or Pig-tailed snub-nosed langur (Nasalis concolor), Indonesia
Delacour’s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), Vietnam
Golden-headed langur or Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus), Vietnam
Western purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor), Sri Lanka
Grey-shanked douc monkey (Pygathrix cinerea), Vietnam
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Vietnam
Cao-Vit or Eastern black-crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus), Vietnam
Variegated or Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus), Venezuela
Ecuadorian brown-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps fusciceps), Ecuador
Ka’apor capuchin monkey (Cebus kaapori), Brazil, Added for the first time to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list in 2012.
San Martín titi monkey (Callicebus oenanthe), Peru. Added for the first time to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list in 2012.
Northern brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba guariba), Brazil. Added for the first time to The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates list in 2012.
