THOMSON, CARROLL COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAND FOR SALE: 1 - 13 of 13 listings.
Confidence votes 13. The proboscis monkey, is endangered because land shortage due to people building plantations and houses. Before 2006, people were hunting them. and now there is only about 3,000 left in the island Borneo and Sarawak.he proboscis monkey is an endangered species due to habitat loss and hunting. To see a picture of the proboscis monkey, see the related link.
Way back in 1648, a naturalist named Georg Marcgrave published a description [PDF] of a blonde, long-haired capuchin species, but he didnât collect a specimen, so its identity remained a mystery. More than 350 years later, in 2006, scientists rediscovered Marcgraveâs monkey species in the wild. Dubbed the blonde capuchin (or Sapajus flavius), itâs critically endangered, with just 180 mature individuals left. 3. THEYâRE FAMOUS ON TV. With their cute faces and charming antics, capuchin monkeys have appeared in all sorts of performances.