AUGUST 8,
2019
by Nathan
Williams, Fauna
& Flora International
A new
species of marmoset has been discovered in the southwest of Pará State in
Brazil, a discovery that, while thrilling, already has conservationists
worrying about its long-term prospects.
This is
because the marmoset was
discovered in an area of the Amazon known as the "arc of
deforestation" that has suffered extensive illegal logging and
agricultural expansion. Researchers say the threats in this area are
intensifying, and infrastructure
development, including roads and hydro-electric power plants, are also
encroaching into the new marmoset's habitat.
Based on its
discovery location, the researchers say the monkey is endemic to an area of
approximately 55,000 square kilometres in the southwest of Pará State, Brazil.
The
new species has been
named Mico munduruku after the Munduruku Amerindians that inhabit the
area.
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