Endangered Northern Muriqui Monkeys: A Delicate Ecological Balance in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
A Legacy of Growth Amid Looming Risks
The northern muriqui monkey (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), a peaceful and egalitarian primate native to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, stands as a beacon of both conservation success and caution. Once teetering on the brink of extinction with a population of just 50 individuals in 1982, decades of dedicated research and protection swelled their numbers to an imp…
