Ninety-five percent of the world's lemur population is "on the brink of extinction," making them the almost endangered primates on Earth, a leading conservation grouping said Wednesday.
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| Out of a full of 111 lemur species together with subspecies, 105 are nether threat, IUCN said [Credit: ANP/AFP/Bas Czerwinsk] |
"This is, without a doubt, the highest pct of threat for whatever large grouping of mammals together with for whatever large grouping of vertebrates," Russ Mittermeier of IUCN's species survival committee said inward a statement.
Out of a full of 111 lemur species together with subspecies, 105 are nether threat, IUCN said, equally it released its get-go update on the lemur population since 2012.
Among the almost concerning trends is an "increase inward the degree of hunting of lemurs taking place, including larger-scale commercial hunting," Christoph Schwitzer, manager of conservation at the Bristol Zoological Society, said inward the statement.
He described the hunting equally "unlike anything nosotros bring seen earlier inward Madagascar."
One of the species identified equally "critically endangered" is the northern sportive lemur, of which in that location are idea to hold upwards exclusively fifty individuals left, IUCN said.
"Lemurs are to Republic of Madagascar what giant pandas are to China—they are the goose that position the golden egg, attracting tourists together with nature lovers," said Jonah Ratsimbazafy of the domestic primate interrogation grouping known equally GERP.
Republic of Madagascar is ane of the almost biodiverse nations inward the world.
IUCN said it was launching "a major activeness excogitation for lemur conservation," to assist save the endangered primates.
Source: AFP [August 01, 2018]
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