ORANGUTAN - Vanishing animal

Scientific Name: Pongo pygmaeus

Habitat: In the trees of the tropical rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra islands.

Diet: Fruits, nuts, bark, insects, leaves and eggs

Life Span: 35 years

Reproduction: Females give birth to a single offspring every 3 to 6 years. A baby orangutan will cling to its mother for up to 18 months or until the mother gives birth again.

Fact: Because an Orangutan spends most of its time in the trees, its arms are longer and stronger than any other ape.

CHIMPANZEE - Vanishing Animal

Scientific Name: Pan troglodytes

Habitat: Chimpanzees nest in trees high above the ground in forests and savannas in Africa from Guinea to western Uganda and Tanzania.

Diet: Mainly fruit, but also buds, leaves, blossoms, bark, resin, honey, termites and ants. Chimpanzees occasionally eat other animals.

Life Span: 40 to 50 years

Reproduction: Beginning at 8 to 10 years of age, mature female chimps will have 1 to 2 offspring every 3 to 5 years.

Fact: Chimpanzees are the most skilled of the few animals that can use tools. They are also the only animal other than humans that can recognize themselves in mirrors.

RING-TAILED LEMUR Vanishing Animal


Scientific Name: Lemur catta

Habitat: Forests and adjacent open areas in the southwest area of Madagascar

Diet: Fruit, bark, leaves and buds

Life Span: Up to 15 years

Reproduction: 1 or 2 young are born after a gestation period of 4 to 5 months.

Fact: Male ring-tailed lemurs sometimes fight with other males. Often they have "stink fights," brushing their tails over two external glands then waving their tails in the air.

COLOBUS MONKEY


Scientific Name: Colobus guereza

Habitat: Tropical rain and montane (a moist ecological zone located near timberlines and usually dominated by evergreen trees) forests in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and southwest Cameroon.

Diet: Young leaves, fruit, leaf buds and blossoms.

Life Span: Up to 20 years in the wild or 24-plus years in captivity.

Reproduction: Males reach sexual maturity at six years; females at four years. Each female gives birth to one young about every 20 months after a gestation period of 4-½ to 5-½ months.

Fact: Unlike most primates, the colobus monkey has no cheek pouches and its thumbs are nearly absent. ("colobus" is derived from a Greek word meaning "mutilated.")




COTTON TOPPED TAMARIN
(Vanishing Animal)

Scientific Name: Saguinus oedipus

Habitat:Forests of northwestern Columbia and other parts of South America

Diet: Fruits and insects

Life Span: 16 years

Reproduction: Females usually give birth to 2 babies, rarely 3. Gestation period is 140 days with mothers giving birth between January and June.

Fact: There may only 300 to 1,000 cotton-topped tamarins remaining in the wild and up to 1,800 remaining in captivity.




WHITE-HANDED GIBBON

Scientific Name: Hylobates Concolor

Habitat: Upper forest canopy where there are lots of spreading branches that allow for continuous travel

Diet:Fruit constitutes 75% of diet, while the rest is plants and meat

Life Span: 35-40 years

Reproduction:Mates usually stay together for life and reproduce when they are fully grown at 12-13 years old.

Fact: Most gibbon species are threatened or endangered due to habitat loss