Link of the day- Cute and Endangered Monkeys...

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.