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Threatened primates can swing back if we let them

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SciDev.net

Publication Date
2016-03-01

With only 60 individuals left in northern Madagascar, the northern sportive lemur is on the brink of extinction. Worldwide, more than half of all primates are endangered. If any did die out, their disappearance could alter their ecosystems in unpredictable ways, with unknown consequences for other species, including humans.

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http://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/multimedia/primates-extinction-conservation-exploitation.html