The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates

The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates is a list of highly endangered primate species selected and published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC PSG), the International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI). The IUCN/SSC PSG worked together with CI to start the list in 2000, but in 2002, during the 19th Congress of the International Primatological Society, primatologists reviewed and debated the list, resulting in the 2002–2004 revision and the endorsement of the IPS. The publication has since been a joint project between the three conservation organizations and has been revised every two years following the biannual Congress of the IPS.^[1] Starting with the 2004–2006 report, the title changed to Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates.^[2] That same year, the list began to provide information about each species, including their conservation status and the threats they face in the wild.^[1] The species text is written in collaboration with experts from the field, with 60 people contributing to the 2006–2008 report^[3] and 85 people contributing to the 2008–2010 report.^[1] The 2004–2006 and 2006–2008 reports were published in the IUCN/SSC PSG journal Primate Conservation,^[2]^[4] while the 2008–2010 report was published as an independent publication by all three contributing organizations.^[1]

The 25 species on the 2008–2010 list are distributed between 17 countries. The countries with the most species on the list are Madagascar (five species), Vietnam (five species), and Indonesia (four species). The list is broken into four distinct regions: the island of Madagascar, the continent of Africa, the continent of Asia including the islands of Indonesia, and the Neotropics (Central and South America). Seven species have been on all five published lists: the silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), golden-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus), grey-shanked douc (Pygathrix cinerea), Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli), and Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).^[1]

The purpose of the list, according to Russell Mittermeier, the president of CI, is "to highlight those [primate species] that are most at risk, to attract the attention of the public, to stimulate national governments to do more, and especially to find the resources to implement desperately-needed conservation measures."^[5] Species are selected for the list based on two primary reasons: extremely small population sizes and very rapid drops in numbers. These reasons are heavily influenced by habitat loss and hunting, the two greatest threats that primates face. More specifically, threats listed in the report include deforestation due to slash and burn agriculture, clearing for pasture or farmland, charcoal production, firewood production, illegal logging, selective logging, mining, land development, and cash crop production; forest fragmentation; small population sizes; live capture for the exotic pet trade; and hunting for bushmeat and traditional medicine.^[1]

1 Key
2 Current list
3 Former list members
4 List history
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

Key

Species	Common and scientific name of the species, including a picture if available
Years listed	Years the species has been included in the IUCN's list of the "Top 25 Most Endangered Primates"
Location(s)	Countries in which it is found
Estimated population	Latest population estimate from the IUCN
IUCN status	Conservation status of the species, per the IUCN as of the date of the latest list publication
Threats	A list of threats facing the species; used by the IUCN in assessing conservation status

Current list

*The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates*, 2008–2010^[1]
Species	Years listed	Location(s)	Estimated population	IUCN status	Threats
Madagascar
Greater bamboo lemur Prolemur simus	2002 2004 2006 2008	Madagascar	100–160 or fewer	1 ! Critically Endangered^[6]	small, isolated populations loss of habitat and fragmentation (slash-and-burn agriculture, mining, illegal logging, cutting of bamboo) hunting (bushmeat) reduced availability of drinking water due to climatic change extreme dietary specialization and dependency on giant bamboo
Gray-headed lemur Eulemur cinereiceps	2004 2006 2008	Madagascar	7,265 ± 2,268	1 ! Endangered^[7]	very small range (~700 km²) hybridization with Red-fronted Lemur (E. rufifrons) low population densities habitat loss and fragmentation (fragmented, small populations) cyclones hunting (bushmeat)
Blue-eyed black lemur Eulemur flavifrons	2008	Madagascar	450–2,300	1 ! Endangered^[8]	very small range (~2,700 km²) loss of habitat (slash-and-burn agriculture, selective logging) hunting (bushmeat) live capture (pet trade)
Northern sportive lemur Lepilemur septentrionalis	2008	Madagascar	fewer than 100	1 ! Critically Endangered^[9]	very small range habitat loss (charcoal production) hunting (bushmeat)
Silky sifaka Propithecus candidus	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Madagascar	100–1,000	1 ! Critically Endangered^[10]	very small range hunting (bushmeat) habitat loss (slash-and-burn agriculture, selective logging, firewood)
Africa
Rondo dwarf galago Galagoides rondoensis	2006 2008	Tanzania	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[11]	very small range habitat loss and fragmentation (agricultural encroachment, charcoal production, logging)
Roloway monkey Cercopithecus diana roloway	2002 2006 2008	Côte d'Ivoire Ghana	unknown	1 ! Endangered^[12]	hunting (bushmeat) habitat loss and fragmentation (numerous documented local extinctions)
Tana River red colobus Procolobus rufomitratus	2002 2004 2006 2008	Kenya	fewer than 1,000	1 ! Endangered^[13]	very small range habitat loss and fragmentation (agricultural encroachment, selective logging for local use [houses, canoes]) exploitation of non-timber products parasitic infection of isolated populations
Niger Delta red colobus Procolobus epieni	2008	Nigeria	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[14]	very small range (~1,500 km²) hunting (bushmeat) habitat loss and degradation (logging of important food trees, loss of marsh forests due to canal construction)
Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji	2006 2008	Tanzania	around 1,117	1 ! Critically Endangered^[15]	very small range habitat loss and fragmentation hunting (bushmeat)
Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Cameroon Nigeria	200–300	1 ! Critically Endangered^[16]	small, restricted range habitat loss (agricultural encroachment, fires to clear forest or improve pasture, development activities [roads]) hunting (bushmeat, wire snares set for other wildlife)
Asia
Siau Island tarsier Tarsius tumpara	2006 2008	Indonesia (Siau Island)	Low thousands at best	Not Evaluated	island population (near an active volcano) very small range high human density hunting (bushmeat [used as snack food]) habitat degradation
Javan slow loris Nycticebus javanicus	2008	Indonesia (Java)	unknown	1 ! Endangered^[17]	live capture (pet trade [intense]) hunting (traditional medicine [intense]) habitat loss (agriculture, development activities [roads], human disturbance)
Pig-tailed langur Simias concolor	2002 2004 2006 2008	Indonesia (Mentawai Islands)	around 3,347	1 ! Critically Endangered^[18]	island population habitat loss (human encroachment, product extraction, commercial logging, conversion to cash crops and oil palm plantations) hunting (bushmeat)
Delacour's langur Trachypithecus delacouri	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Vietnam	200 or fewer	1 ! Critically Endangered^[19]	restricted range (400–450 km²) habitat fragmentation (60% occur in isolated populations of fewer than 20 animals) hunting (traditional medicine [for trade in bones, organs and tissues])
Golden-headed langur Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Vietnam	60–70	1 ! Critically Endangered^[20]	island population (karst island of 140 km²) habitat fragmentation (seven isolated subpopulations) hunting (traditional medicine [for trade in bones, organs and tissues])
Western purple-faced langur Trachypithecus vetulus nestor	2004 2006 2008	Sri Lanka	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[21]	habitat loss and fragmentation (90% of forest in its range has been lost to urbanization and agriculture) dependent on gardens for survival live capture (pet trade) hunting (persecution as pests) other human factors (electrocution [power lines], road kill, dog attacks)
Grey-shanked douc Pygathrix cinerea	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Vietnam	600–700	1 ! Critically Endangered^[22]	restricted range habitat loss and fragmentation (agriculture, logging, fuelwood) hunting (bushmeat)
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus avunculus	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Vietnam	fewer than 200	1 ! Critically Endangered^[23]	restricted range (five isolated localities) habitat loss and fragmentation (logging, shifting cultivation, dam construction, influx of human populations) hunting (bushmeat [increasing])
Eastern black crested gibbon Nomascus nasutus	2008	China Vietnam	around 110	1 ! Critically Endangered^[24]	small, isolated populations very small range (~48 km²) habitat loss, fragmentation, and disturbance (cultivation, pasture, firewood, charcoal production)
Western hoolock gibbon Hoolock hoolock	2006 2008	Bangladesh India Myanmar	fewer than 5,000	1 ! Endangered^[25]	very small populations (recent, very rapid declines in numbers) habitat loss and fragmentation (human encroachment, tea plantations, slash-and-burn cultivation) hunting (bushmeat, traditional medicine) live capture (pet trade)
Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii	2000 2002 2004 2006 2008	Indonesia (Sumatra)	around 6,600	1 ! Critically Endangered^[26]	recent, very rapid declines in numbers only 10 fragmented habitat units habitat loss and fragmentation (fires, agriculture and oil palm plantations, roads, logging, encroachment) hunting (pests, bushmeat) [occasional] live capture (pet trade) [occasional]
Neotropics
Cotton-top tamarin Saguinus oedipus	2008	Colombia	fewer than 6,000	1 ! Critically Endangered^[27]	habitat loss and fragmentation (large-scale agricultural production [cattle] and farming, logging, oil palm plantations, hydroelectric projects) live capture (pet trade [current], biomedical research [past])
Variegated spider monkey Ateles hybridus	2004^{[N 1]} 2006 2008	Colombia Venezuela	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[28]	restricted ranges of two subspecies low population densities habitat loss and fragmentation (agriculture, cattle-ranching) hunting (bushmeat) live capture (pet trade)
Yellow-tailed woolly monkey Oreonax flavicauda	2000 2006 2008	Peru	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[29]	restricted range low population densities habitat loss (agriculture, logging, roads, colonization) hunting (bushmeat, fur) live capture (pet trade)

Former list members

With each new publication, species are both added and removed from the list. In some cases, removal from the list signifies improvement for the species. With the publication of the 2006–2008, four species were removed from the list because of increased conservation efforts: the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus), golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), and Perrier's sifaka (Propithecus perrieri).^[30] In 2008, the black lion tamarin went from Critically Endangered to Endangered and the golden lion tamarin was similarly promoted in 2003 after three decades of collaborative conservation efforts by zoos and other institutions. Well-protected species such as these still have very small populations, and due to deforestation, new habitat is still needed for their long-term survival.^[5] The Hainan black crested gibbon (Nomascus hainanus), which was removed from the 2008–2010 list, still has fewer than 20 individuals left, but significant efforts to protect it are now being made.^[1] Mittermeier claimed in 2007 that all 25 species would be elevated off the list within five to ten years if conservation organizations had the necessary resources.^[30]

Unlike the changes in the 2006–2008 report, not all species were removed from the 2008–2010 list due to improvement in their situation. Instead, new species were added to bring attention to other closely related species with very small populations that are also at risk of extinction. For example, the highly endangered eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) replaced the Hainan black crested gibbon. The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) replaced the Horton Plains slender loris (Loris tardigradus nycticeboides) because the former has been hit the hardest of Asian lorises, all of which are declining rapidly due primarily to capture for the exotic pet trade, as well as use in traditional medicines and forest loss. In another case, the brown-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps fusciceps) was omitted from the list since no spokesperson could be found for the species.^[1]

Primates formerly listed in the "Top 25 Most Endangered Primates"^[1]
Species	Years listed	Location(s)	Estimated population	IUCN status	Threats
Madagascar
Golden-crowned sifaka Propithecus tattersalli	2000	Madagascar	6,000–10,000^[31]	1 ! Endangered^[31]	hunting (by gold miners) loss of habitat (slash-and-burn agriculture, uncontrolled grass fires, wood extraction [housing & firewood], selective logging, gold mining)^[31]
Golden bamboo lemur Hapalemur aureus	2000	Madagascar	fewer than 5,916^[32]	1 ! Endangered^[32]	loss of habitat (slash-and-burn agriculture, cutting of bamboo [for building houses, carrying water, making baskets and other local uses]) hunting (bushmeat)^[32]
Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur Hapalemur alaotrensis	2000	Madagascar	around 2,500^[33]	1 ! Critically Endangered^[33]	loss of habitat (agricultural encroachment, burning of marshlands [to catch fish and for cattle grazing] hunting (bushmeat) live capture (local pet trade)^[33]
Sahamalaza sportive lemur Lepilemur sahamalazensis	2006	Madagascar	unknown	1 ! Data Deficient^[34]	loss of habitat (agricultural encroachment, charcoal production, selective logging for local use [houses]) hunting (bushmeat)^[34]
Perrier's sifaka Propithecus perrieri	2000 2002 2004	Madagascar	around 915^[35]	1 ! Critically Endangered^[35]	loss of habitat (slash-and-burn agriculture, charcoal production, fires to clear forest for pasture, mining) hunting (bushmeat)^[35]
Africa
Mt. Rungwe galago Galagoides sp.	2004	Tanzania	unknown	Not Evaluated	loss of habitat (logging, agricultural encroachment, charcoal production) hunting (bushmeat)^[2]
Sclater's guenon Cercopithecus sclateri	2000	Nigeria	unknown	1 ! Vulnerable^[36]	habitat loss and fragmentation (logging, agricultural encroachment, oil exploration) high human density hunting (bushmeat)^[36]
Drill Mandrillus leucophaeus	2000	Cameroon Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) Nigeria	unknown	1 ! Endangered^[37]	small range loss of habitat (clearcutting [for chipboard factories and settlement]) hunting (bushmeat, persecution as pests)^[37]
Tana River mangabey Cercocebus galeritus galeritus	2002	Kenya	1,000–1,200^[38]	1 ! Endangered^[38]	loss of habitat (palm oil production, logging, agricultural encroachment, grass fires intended to prevent forest regeneration, overgrazing, damming and irrigation projects) hunting (persecution as pests)^[38]
Sanje mangabey Cercocebus sanjei	2000 2002 2004	Tanzania	fewer than 1,300^[39]	1 ! Endangered^[39]	loss of habitat (logging, charcoal production) hunting (persecution as pests)^[39]
Sooty mangabey Cercocebus atys lunulatus	2000 2002 2004	Côte d'Ivoire Ghana	unknown	1 ! Endangered^[40]	habitat loss and degradation hunting (bushmeat)^[40]
Miss Waldron's red colobus Piliocolobus badius waldronae	2000 2002 2006	Côte d'Ivoire Ghana	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[41]	very small populations (recent, very rapid declines in numbers) habitat loss hunting (bushmeat)^[41]
Pennant's colobus Procolobus pennantii	2004 2006	Congo Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) Nigeria	unknown (P. p. bouvieri may be extinct)^[42]	1 ! Critically Endangered^[42]	habitat degradation hunting (bushmeat)^[42]
Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei	2000 2002 2004	Rwanda Uganda	around 600	1 ! Critically Endangered^[43]	two isolated populations political instability human diseases hunting (bushmeat)^[43]
Asia
Horton Plains slender loris Loris tardigradus nycticeboides	2004 2006	Sri Lanka	unknown	1 ! Endangered^[44]	five isolated populations habitat loss hunting (bushmeat)^[44]
Natuna Island surili Presbytis natunae	2002	Indonesia	fewer than 10,000^[45]	1 ! Vulnerable^[45]	two isolated populations habitat loss and degradation live capture (pet trade)^[45]
White-headed langur Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus	2002	China	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[46]	very small populations (recent, very rapid declines in numbers) habitat loss hunting^[46]
Miller's grizzled langur Presbytis hosei canicrus	2004	Indonesia (Kalimantan)	unknown	1 ! Endangered^[47]	habitat loss and fragmentation hunting^[47]
Black snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus bieti	2002	China	fewer than 2,000^[48]	1 ! Endangered^[48]	habitat loss (logging, fires for agricultural use, pasture) pesticide use hunting (non-targeted [snares])^[48]
Gray snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus brelichi	2002	China	around 750^[49]	1 ! Endangered^[49]	one isolated population (vulnerable to epidemic disease or catastrophes) habitat loss (forest clearing, development for tourism, agricultural expansion, firewood) hunting (non-targeted)^[49]
Silvery gibbon Hylobates moloch	2000	Indonesia (Java)	4,000–4,500^[50]	1 ! Endangered^[50]	habitat loss and fragmentation live capture (pet trade)^[50]
Hainan black crested gibbon Nomascus hainanus	2000 2004 2006	China (Hainan)	around 20^[51]	1 ! Critically Endangered^[51]	extremely small population size suboptimal, protected habitat possible gender bias in recent births hunting (bushmeat)^[51]
Neotropics
Golden lion tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia	2000	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	more than 1,000^[52]	1 ! Endangered^[52]	habitat loss and fragmentation (fires to clear forest for pasture) live capture (pet trade)^[52]
Black lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysopygus	2000	Brazil (São Paulo)	around 1,000^[53]	1 ! Endangered^[53]	small population size (11 isolated populations, but only one is viable) habitat loss and fragmentation^[53]
Superagui lion tamarin Leontopithecus caissara	2000 2002 2004	Brazil (Paraná and São Paulo)	fewer than 400^[54]	1 ! Critically Endangered^[54]	small, isolated populations habitat loss and degradation (agricultural encroachment, palm heart harvesting, tourism) high human density (increased squatting by impoverished people, land speculation) hunting (bushmeat)^[54]
Golden-bellied capuchin Cebus xanthosternos	2000 2002 2004	Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais?)	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[55]	habitat loss hunting (bushmeat)^[55]
Brown-headed spider monkey Ateles fusciceps fusciceps	2006	Colombia (mainland) Ecuador (mainland) Panama	unknown	1 ! Critically Endangered^[56]	very small populations (80% declines in numbers over 45 years) habitat loss hunting (bushmeat)^[56]
Northern muriqui Brachyteles hypoxanthus	2000 2002 2004	Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais)	more than 855^[57]	1 ! Critically Endangered^[57]	small, isolated populations habitat loss and fragmentation hunting (bushmeat [past], sport [past])^[57]

List history

With the exception of the 2000–2002 publication, which was written collaboratively by the IUCN/SSC PSG and CI, the list has been revised every two years following the biannual Congress of the IPS. The 2002–2004 list resulted from the 19th Congress of the IPS in Beijing, China; the 2004–2006 list followed the 20th Congress of the IPS, held in Torino, Italy; the 2006–2008 list after the 21st Congress in Entebbe, Uganda; and the 2008–2010 list followed the 22nd Congress held in Edinburgh, UK.^[1]

The 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species offered assessments of 634 primate taxa, of which 303 (47.8%) were listed as threatened (Vulnerable, Endangered, or Critically Endangered). A total of 206 primate species were ranked as either Critically Endangered or Endangered, 54 (26%) of which have been included at least once in The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates since 2000.^[1]

Historical membership^[1]
	Madagascar	Africa	Asia	Neotropics
2000–2002	Propithecus candidus^{[N 2]} Propithecus perrieri^{[N 3]} Propithecus tattersalli Hapalemur aureus Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis^{[N 4]}	Gorilla gorilla diehli Gorilla b. beringei^{[N 5]} Cercocebus sanjei^{[N 6]} Cercocebus atys lunulatus Procolobus badius waldronae^{[N 7]} Cercopithecus sclateri Mandrillus leucophaeus	Trachypithecus delacouri Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus^{[N 8]} Pygathrix cinerea^{[N 9]} Rhinopithecus avunculus Pongo abelii Hylobates moloch Nomascus hainanus^{[N 10]}	Brachyteles hypoxanthus Cebus xanthosternos Leontopithecus caissara Leontopithecus rosalia Leontopithecus chrysopygus Oreonax flavicauda^{[N 11]}
2002–2004	Propithecus candidus Propithecus perrieri Prolemur simus	Gorilla gorilla diehli Gorilla b. beringei Cercocebus galeritus sanjei Cercocebus atys lunulatus Procolobus badius waldronae^{[N 7]} Procolobus rufomitratus Cercopithecus diana roloway Cercocebus g. galeritus	Trachypithecus delacouri Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus^{[N 8]} Pygathrix cinerea^{[N 9]} Rhinopithecus avunculus Pongo abelii Simias concolor Presbytis natunae Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus^{[N 12]} Rhinopithecus bieti Rhinopithecus brelichi Nomascus nasutus	Brachyteles hypoxanthus Cebus xanthosternos Leontopithecus caissara
2004–2006	Propithecus candidus Propithecus perrieri Prolemur simus Eulemur cinereiceps^{[N 13]}	Gorilla gorilla diehli Gorilla b. beringei^{[N 5]} Cercocebus galeritus sanjei Cercocebus atys lunulatus Procolobus rufomitratus Procolobus p. pennantii Galagoides sp.	Trachypithecus delacouri Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus Pygathrix cinerea Rhinopithecus avunculus Pongo abelii Simias concolor Loris tardigradus nycticeboides Presbytis hosei canicrus Trachypithecus vetulus nestor Nomascus hainanus^{[N 10]}	Brachyteles hypoxanthus Cebus xanthosternos Leontopithecus caissara Ateles hybridus brunneus
2006–2008	Propithecus candidus Lepilemur sahamalazensis Prolemur simus Eulemur cinereiceps^{[N 13]}	Gorilla gorilla diehli Procolobus rufomitratus Procolobus p. pennantii Cercopithecus diana roloway Rungwecebus kipunji Galagoides rondoensis Procolobus badius waldroni^{[N 7]}	Trachypithecus delacouri Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus Pygathrix cinerea Rhinopithecus avunculus Pongo abelii Simias concolor Trachypithecus vetulus nestor Hoolock hoolock Nomascus hainanus Loris tardigradus nycticeboides Tarsius tumpara^{[N 14]}	Ateles hybridus^{[N 1]} Oreonax flavicauda Ateles f. fusciceps^{[N 15]}
2008–2010	Propithecus candidus Lepilemur septentrionalis Prolemur simus Eulemur cinereiceps Eulemur flavifrons	Gorilla gorilla diehli Procolobus rufomitratus Cercopithecus diana roloway Rungwecebus kipunji Galagoides rondoensis Procolobus epieni	Trachypithecus delacouri Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus Pygathrix cinerea Rhinopithecus avunculus Pongo abelii Simias concolor Trachypithecus vetulus nestor Hoolock hoolock Tarsius tumpara Nycticebus javanicus Nomascus nasutus	Ateles hybridus^{[N 1]} Oreonax flavicauda Saguinus oedipus

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The subspecies Ateles hybridus brunneus was listed in the 2004–2006 report, but the listing was expanded to cover both subspecies of Ateles hybridus starting with the 2006–2008 report.^[1]^[2]^[4]
^ In the 2000–2002 report, this lemur was listed as Propithecus diadema candidus, but it has since been reclassified as a separate species, Propithecus candidus.^[1]^[58]^[59]
^ In the 2000–2002 report, this lemur was listed as Propithecus diadema perrieri, but it has since been reclassified as a separate species, Propithecus perrieri.^[1]^[58]^[59]
^ In the 2000–2002 report, this lemur was listed as Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis, but it has since been reclassified as a separate species, Hapalemur alaotrensis.^[1]^[58]
^ ^a ^b In the 2000–2002 and 2004–2006 reports, this gorilla was listed as Gorilla beringei, but other reports instead used Gorilla b. beringei.^[1]^[2]^[58]^[59]
^ In the 2000–2002 and 2002–2004 reports, the mangabey was listed as Cercocebus galeritus sanjei, but it has since been classified as a separate species, Cercocebus sanjei.^[1]
^ ^a ^b ^c In the 2000–2002, 2002–2004, and 2006–2008 reports, this colobus monkey was listed as Procolobus badius waldroni, but the spelling of the name has since been corrected to waldronae.^[58]^[59]^[60]
^ ^a ^b In the 2000–2002 and 2002–2004 reports, this monkey was listed as Trachypithecus poliocephalus, but with other subspecies now recognized by the IUCN, it is now known as Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus.^[1]^[2]^[58]^[59]
^ ^a ^b In the 2000–2002 and 2002–2004 reports, this douc was listed as Pygathrix nemaeus cinerea, but has since been recognized as a separate species, Pygathrix cinerea.^[1]^[2]
^ ^a ^b In the 2000–2002 and 2004–2006 reports, this gibbon was listed as Hylobates concolor hainanus, but it has since been recognized as a separate species and placed in the genus Nomascus, so that it is known as Nomascus hainanus.^[1]^[58]
^ In the 2000–2002 report, this species was listed as Lagothrix flavicauda, but it has since been renamed to Oreonax flavicauda.^[1]
^ In the 2002–2004 report, this monkey was listed as Trachypithecus leucocephalus, but it is now considered only a subspecies, Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus.^[1]^[59]
^ ^a ^b In the 2004–2006 and 2006–2008 reports, this species was listed as Eulemur albocollaris, but it has since been renamed to Eulemur cinereiceps.^[1]
^ In the 2006–2008 report, this tarsier was listed as "Tarsius sp.", but it has since been formally named as Tarsius tumpara.^[1]^[4]
^ The species Ateles fusciceps was listed in the 2006–2008 report, but the common name and description match the later identified subspecies, Ateles fusciceps fusciceps.^[4]

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External links

The Top 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2008–2010 – The official IUCN web site for The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates

The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates

Madagascar	Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus) · Gray-headed lemur (Eulemur cinereiceps) · Blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) · Northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) · Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)

Africa	Rondo bushbaby (Galagoides rondoensis) · Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus diana roloway) · Tana River red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus) · Niger Delta red colobus (Procolobus epieni) · Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) · Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)

Asia	Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) · Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) · Pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor) · Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) · White-headed langur (Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus) · Western purple-faced langur (Trachypithecus vetulus nestor) · Gray-shanked douc (Pygathrix cinerea) · Tonkin snub-nosed langur (Rhinopithecus avunculus) · Eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) · Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) · Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

Neotropics	Cottontop tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) · Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) · Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda)