Endangered species in 2012

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently announced six species of animals that are in extreme danger, at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Titi Caquetá monkey was discovered in 2010 in the Amazon, Colombia rainforest. This species is highly endangered due to loss of habitat and small distribution. Animal behavior researcher Martin Moynihan for the first time glimpsed Callicebus monkey caquetensis in the 1960s. But due to political conflicts in Caquetá province, southern Columbia, the discovery remained until when scientists made the last expedition in 2008, it confirmed that the Titi species is a new species, named Caquetá titi (Callicebus caquetensis).

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Regent Honeyeater Bird. This is an endemic bird in southeastern Australia. The number of these species has been declining rapidly in the past few decades due to deforestation, drought and encroaching agriculture. This species was first described with biologist George Shaw in 1794. (Photo: AP)

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The upturned nose monkey Myanmar (Rhinopithecus strykeri) . They are at risk of extinction due to hunting for bones, furs, skulls, and brains for medicine.

Myanmar upturned nose macaque has a height of about 60cm and a longer tail than the body. They do not have a nose bridge but have very thick lips. Due to the lack of nasal bridge, the monkey's nostrils are pointing upwards, making rainwater very easy to penetrate and causing sneezing. Forests that Myanmar snub-nosed monkeys live up to 3,000m in height. On rainy days, they often face their knees so that water does not get into the nose. People see monkeys sneezing a lot when it rains.(Photo: PRCF)

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Rio Branco Antbird Birds. According to scientists, they can disappear completely in the next two decades due to human development. This species lives along the riverbed in northern Brazil and west of Guyana. "To prevent the extinction of this bird, it is necessary to protect their habitat ," an IUCN official said in the statement. (Photo: Rockjumper Birding)

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Hoary-Throated Spinetail Bird . They are found in Brazil and Guyana. Around 2023, their habitat could be lost by up to 80%. (Photo: Arthur Grosset / National Geographic)

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Frog Hula Painted is a native frog of Israel's Hula Valley. This is a very rare species even before being declared extinct and there are very few records on them. In the 1940s, the appearance of cannibal cannibal frogs led to a serious decline of Hula Painted. (Photo: Oz Rittner / National Geographic).