Looming Extinction Crisis: If Endangered Primates Disappear, So Will Their Parasites.

[Grim Reaper 6]

The extinction crisis looming for monkeys, apes and their kin could have even greater ripple effects on the tiny underappreciated species that set up camp in their bodies.

Our closest animal relatives face a precarious future: Half of the world’s roughly 500 primate species are at risk of extinction due to human activities such as hunting, trapping and deforestation. But the demise of the world’s threatened primates could trigger even more species extinctions for the parasites that lurk on and in them, according to a Duke University-led study.

https://scitechdaily.com/looming-extinction-crisis-if-endangered-primates-disappear-so-will-their-parasites-thats-actually-a-problem/