Russ Mittermeier, renowned primatologist and chief conservation officer for Global Wildlife Conservation, is the first person in history to see all 80 genera of primates in the wild. A film crew with the BBC captured the history-making moment when he saw the final primate genus on his life-list in Tanzania in April 2019. Mittermeier and the film crew hiked through the dense forest in the mountains of southwest Tanzania to find the critically endangered kipunji monkey (Rungwecebus kipunji), which was only described by science in 2006. The footage capturing Mittermeier’s sighting of the kipunji monkey appears in the new nature documentary series Primates. The episode featuring Mittermeier will air on BBC One in the United Kingdom Sunday, May 17 at 8:15 p.m. GMT
Renowned Primatologist Russ Mittermeier Becomes First Person in History To See All 80 Genera of Primates in the Wild - Global Wildlife Conservation
Renowned Primatologist Russ Mittermeier Becomes First Person in History To See All 80 Genera of Primates in the Wild - Global Wildlife Conservation