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by Daniel Parent

Some different species of woolly monkeys for your viewing pleasure. They look like they’re wearing fuzzy muscle suits :)

Hidden within the cloud forests of Peru, there lives an inconspicuous creature, obscured by its habitat. . Within these rain-soaked forests live the yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda), one of the rarest and least known monkeys in the neotropics. . These monkeys of the clouds were first documented by the great explorer and naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt in 1802 when he noticed the unique pelts being used as saddles on mules. Despite all his searching, he never saw a live one. . Yellow-tailed woolly monkeys live in such rugged terrain and at such high altitudes, they were long thought to be extinct until living specimens were finally seen by scientists in 1974. . A team of researchers set out on foot to find them, but even after many days, did not see a single individual. It wasn’t until they returned to a small village, that to their astonishment, they saw one being kept as a pet. . Similarly, the young yellow-tailed woolly monkey in this photo was also being kept illegally, and has since been rescued and relocated to a rehabilitation center by Netropical Primate Conservation. . Neoprimate.org Photo by Neotropical Primate Conservation . #wildlifeconservation #lagothrix #humboldt #peru #wildlifetrafficking #woollymonkey #neotropics #neotropicalprimateconservation https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SjXFeBYr-/?igshid=v5i3lx25r9a7