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BOGOTA, Colombia — A new Amazon monkey species has been discovered in Colombia, and researchers said Thursday that they believe the small, isolated population is at risk because of the cutting of forests that are its home.
The find was announced by Conservation International, a group that helped finance the research in remote rain forests that until recently were considered too dangerous for scientific work because of the presence of leftist rebels.
A team of researchers from the National University of Colombia observed 13 groups of the new species — dubbed the Caqueta titi monkey because it was found in the southern state of Caqueta, near Peru.
The researchers published their findings in the journal Primate Conservation.
