New assessment finds 91% of lemur species threatened with extinction

Reblogged from Deep Green Resistance News Service:

By Mongabay

94 of the world's 103 lemur species are at risk of extinction according to a new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released by the group's Species Survival Commission during a workshop this week.

Lemurs, a group of primates that is endemic to the island of Madagascar, are threatened by habitat destruction and poaching for the bushmeat trade.

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