Rare primate returned to nature in Bình Phước Province

[Attlee Adonis]

The animal, weighing 4kg, belongs to an endangered, precious and rare species listed in Group IIB of the Việt Nam Red Data Book.

BÌNH PHƯỚC — The forest ranging department of Đồng Phú District, the southern province of Bình Phước, said it joined hands with competent authorities to release a female stump-tailed macaque into the nature.

The animal, weighing 4kg, belongs to an endangered, precious and rare species listed in Group IIB of the Việt Nam Red Data Book.

The primate was found straying in Thuận Phúc Commune, Đồng Phú District. It was then captured and taken to the department where it received proper care and came back to good health conditions before being returned to the nature.

[Attlee Adonis]

[CNNCongratulations]0[CNNCongratulations]The stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides), also called the bear macaque, is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It lives in tropical and subtropical evergreen forests, with altitudes of up to 2,000 metres. The animal is found across Việt Nam, including in some localities in mountainous provinces of Lai Châu, Lào Cai, Đắk Lắk. — VNS

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