# @rewild on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6i9BSoMHjw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17811580-rewild-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-05-04T12:13:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

## Caption

5️⃣0️⃣ year rediscovery anniversary of the once-lost Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey!

Today marks the 50th anniversary since this Critically Endangered monkey was rediscovered in 1974, during an expedition led by Re:wild's  Chief Conservation Officer, Russ Mittermeier - alongside researchers Hernando de Macedo-Ruiz and Anthony Luscombe. 

This #lostspecies had disappeared and was believed to be Extinct for several decades. Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkeys are only found in the montane forests of Peru and continue to face threats from habitat destruction. As a result, they have lost 80% of their habitat. We join the Peruvian conservation organization yunkawasi in calling for immediate conservation actions to prevent their extinction.

📸: 1. Wilhelm Osterman, 2/3. Gerson Ferrer

#SearchforLostSpecies

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