Woolly monkeys face battle to survive

[Clouded Leopard]

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey is one of the world's rarest primates.

Crisis in the cloudforest for woolly wonders - Nature - Environment - The Independent

 

[nanoboy]

An accompanying photo in the article would have been fantastic.

 

[Clouded Leopard]

An accompanying photo in the article would have been fantastic.

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda)

EDGE :: Mammal Species Information

 

[devilfish]

An accompanying photo in the article would have been fantastic.

And there are a couple of photos taken by 'Giant Eland' in zoochat's Colombia gallery, in Cali zoo:

http://www.zoochat.com/1019/zoologico-de-cali-2012-a-275974/
http://www.zoochat.com/1019/zoologico-de-cali-2012-a-275973/

 

[Pertinax]

Why do you think they are called 'Yellow-tailed'?

 

[devilfish]

Why do you think they are called 'Yellow-tailed'?

I think it's mostly the underside of the tail which is yellowish. Some photos show it better than others:

File:Cola amarilla.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

And there are a couple of photos taken by 'Giant Eland' in zoochat's Colombia gallery, in Cali zoo:

http://www.zoochat.com/1019/zoologico-de-cali-2012-a-275974/
http://www.zoochat.com/1019/zoologico-de-cali-2012-a-275973/

I hope they can get it together to have a breeding group at some point. As they do for S. leucopus. It would greatly increase conservation impact (if they also put on site interpretive labelling).