Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: Humboldt's woolly monkeys Lagothrix lagotricha have been systematically hunted, mostly for food, to the point of becoming locally extinct wherever humans share their habitat. Remaining populations in the extensive lowland Amazonian range of this species are restricted to remote, unflooded terra firme forests. These populations are, however, quickly wiped out once access is opened by new roads. Terra firme forests, even in entirely undisturbed sites, are seasonally far less productive and can only sustain relatively low population densities. Woolly monkeys are currently more susceptible to hunting than perhaps any other vertebrate in the New World tropics and, as such, should be regarded as highly endangered.
Source: Oryx
Author: Carlos A. Peres
Institutions: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, University of Cambridge
Language: English
Topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2266577893