Animals Lost to Time and Space: 40 Mammals Gone Extinct in the Past Century

Bouvier’s Red Colobus (2015)

The Bouvier’s red colobus monkey was discovered by the Italian-born explorer Giacomo Savorgnan di Brazza in the years 1883–1886, and described in 1887 by the French botanist and zoologist Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune.

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Source: Taaza Khabar News

Speculations on the animal’s survival are still debated amongst scientists around the world. There have been very few spotting’s of the Red Colobus, but not since 2015.

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