Wednesday, July 8, 2009

New Species of Monkey Found!

A new species of monkey has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The monkey, a type of saddleback tamarin, has been named Mura's saddleback tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis mura) after the Mura Indians, the Amerindian ethnic group that lives in the Purus and Madeira river basins where the monkey occurs.

(mongabay.com)

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