The yellow-tailed woolly monkey:
is one of the many endangered animals, is in state critical since at present are least of 250 specimen in state wild according to UICN.
And not alone that, if these monkeys have just been included in the list of the 25 most endangered primates in the world for the second period.
Habitat the monkey is:
It is endemic to the Andes of Peru, is mainly amazonas and San Martin, extending to the small portion of this forest type found in Liberty and perhaps neighboring forests of San Martin and Loreto. Its habitat includes montane forests and cloud forests between 1700 and 2700 meters above sea level, mostly on steep slopes.feed: The yellow-tailed woolly is the largest of the endemic mammals of Peru, adults measuring up to 54 cm long (head / body), with their tails longer than body (up to 63 cm). Their coat is shaggy, thick, coppery color. Characterized by a patch of white hairs around the mouth and from the side in the ventral yellow hairs third of the tail. Adult males have a genital tuft of golden yellow, up to 15 cm long.
It is known that the size of the groups composed of individuals of both sexes, ranging from 5 to 18 animals. It feeds on fruits, flowers, leaves, buds and possibly insectos.
threats:
These monkeys are characterized by having no fear of people, going out and meeting with deafening screams and throwing fruit from the trees, while males of the pack furiously waving branches and show their genitals to signal territorial intrusion. This courage however has its downside, as before betrays hunters.
And these monkeys have a small area of less than 7,000 square kilometers in the cloud forests of the tropical Andes, forests are invaded by illegal loggers and farmers often end up as occasional hunting of these animals.
The threats are added other characteristics of the species and its low population density, its slow reproductive rate and its small geographical area.
One of the problems of conservation of this species is that it is a very delicate type of monkey, and is very difficult to live in captivity.
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