First-ever photo of rare monkey species proves they're not extinct

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Two researchers working in the humid, swampy forests of the Congo captured the first photograph of a monkey species thought by some to have gone extinct. The monkeys, a mother along with her young offspring, are Bouvier's red colobus monkeys, which had not been seen in more than 50 years, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

The photo was snapped in March by Lieven Devreese, an independent field researcher, who with partner Gaël Elie Gnondo Gobolo, was searching for the rare creature in Congo's newly-created Ntokou-Pikounda National Park. Established in 2013, the park is home to thousands of gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and other species. Read more...

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