Goeldi’s Monk

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable

EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)

CITES I

Goeldi’s Monkeys occur in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The numbers decrease. Potential major threats are presented by proposed development projects and subsequent habitat loss due to logging.

Conservation

■ Listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since 2008.
■ The species is managed under the EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme), it is coordinated by Dublin Zoo.
■ Listed in Appendix I of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, or Washington Convention).

Taxonomy

■ Phylum Chordata – chordates
■ Class Mammalia – mammals
■ Order Primates – primates
■ Family Callitrichidae – callitrichids
■ Species Callimico goeldii – Goeldi’s Monkey

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