Another monkey in danger of extinction is the well-known yellow-tailed woolly monkey. This is a monkey endemic to Peru that is currently classified as critically endangered. In the last 50 years, the population reduction has been intense and still continues. It develops in different types of forests, such as premontane, montane and cloudy.

Due to the development of highways in the region, the species lost the protection from which they previously greatly benefitted. Now once inaccessible are being affected. Habitat transformation, poaching and the impacts of mining wreak havoc on these animals.

Unfortunately, the yellow-tailed woolly is not the only animal threatened in this region. In our related article, we provide a list of the animals in greatest danger of extinction in Peru.