research expedition in the Amazon found a species of monkey previously unknown size of a cat. The animal belongs to the family of marmoset monkeys (Callicebus), of which about 20 known species. Was found in southern Colombia. It has gray and brown fur and a long tail, as reported by Conservation International.
Researchers cautioned about the danger of extinction which is, as habitat trees are being felled. It is estimated that only about 250 copies of the newly discovered monkey Caquetá.
monogamous
A healthy population should have several thousand copies. For animals, it is very difficult and sometimes impossible to flee to other areas and that this should go through the bush or climbing barbed wire fences.
Unlike other monkeys, marmosets live in a monogamous, the pair stays together throughout the life. They are often seen with their tails intertwined sitting on a branch. Females have one offspring per year.
For many years, it was possible to travel through the area in which these animals are the presence of rebel groups in the jungle. Just three years ago, researchers were able to reach the region with a student born in the place, Javier García. There, they found 13 groups of marmosets Caqueta. Every morning, to mark their territory with a loud shout and complex.
"The discovery is very interesting, because we had heard of this animal but could not confirm long when it was a new species, "said one of the leaders of the expedition, Thomas Defler.
The researchers, led by Defler and Marta Bueno of the National University of Colombia, called the new species, Callicebus caquetensis as Callicebus is the scientific name for the squirrel monkey and Caqueta is the Colombian department in which it was found. The animal was presented in the journal Primate Conservation '.
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