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25 most endangered primates
May 16 , 2025
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- The report named ‘Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2023–2025’ was released recently.
- It was published by institutions like the IUCN, Bristol Zoological Society, and the Conservation International.
- The world’s 25 most endangered primates have six species from Africa, four from Madagascar, nine from Asia, and six from the Neotropics (South America).
- Among these 25, Indonesia and Madagascar both have four, China, Nigeria and Vietnam have three, Brazil, Malaysia, and Tanzania have two.
- Benin, Bolivia, Brunei, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Togo and Venezuela each have one.
- Two primates found in Northeast India and Bangladesh (Phayre’s Langur and the Western Hoolock Gibbon) were among species considered for the final list.
- The Phayre’s Langur (Trachypithecus phayrei), is one of the least-studied Asian colobines or leaf-eating monkeys.
- Its distribution was recently restricted to eastern Bangladesh, northeastern India, and western Myanmar.
- The Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock), is one of 20 species of gibbons and is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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