The Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
There is no doubt that we have all read or heard foreboding news about the rates at which several animal species are going extinct. Human activity has caused the decline and endangering of species across the world – whether it’s pollution that is causing a decline of the honey bees and native bee species, or the hunting of one of the largest aquatic mammals, the whale. This blog explores yet another vulnerable primate that is in decline due to rapid deforestation – the Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey. The Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey is an agile and arboreal primate found only in the montane Peruvian forest. As the name suggests, they have a thick, woolly fur. They also have a unique deep mahogany or copper fur and yellowish pelage at the end of the tail. The Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey possess a prehensile tail that aids in their locomotion. They are known to be naturally curious creatures. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the Yel...