Link of the day today is to this article and gallery of images of monkeys.
Sadly, as well as being very endearing and cute, they are all endangered-
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/Green/2859935/The-25-species-of-monkey-facing-extinction.html
Pick of the bunch for me is Delacour's Langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), a criticially endangered species from Vietnam. It is a kind of "lutung" (a slim-built, long-tailed, short-armed group of Asiatic monkeys)
There are some more pictures and background information on the website of The Endangered Primate Rescue Centre: a conservation and breeding centre near Hanoi, which is working to save
endangered Vietnamese monkeys, including Delacour's Langur. Their website has some great pictures of related species, like the bizarre-looking "Grey-shanked douc langur" (Pygathrix cinerea) and information on their reintroduction programmes.
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