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Tomado de: http://www.unperiodico.unal.edu.co/en/dper/article/now-the-challenge-is-to-protect-the-environment-of-the-zogui-zogui-monkey-1.html

The zogui–zogui monkey, a new type of primate in Colombia, which has recently been disco-vered by the science, has just been publicly recognized; however, warnings about the vulnerability of its environment have already been made.This observation was made by a young biologist from Universidad Nacional de Colombia named Javier García, who is part of the group of scientist that defined the species, which is economically supported by the organization Conservación Internacional Colombia (International Conservation Colombia). According to the biologist, the excessive livestock farming, deforestation, and forest fragmentation of Caqueta’s forests put this new species at serious risk.  Read the rest of this entry »