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Title
Ateles chamek
Author(s)
Alves, S.L.; F.R. de Melo; J. Boubli; A.B. Rylands; M. Messias; R.A. Mittermeier; A. Ravetta; F. Paim; R. Wallace; A.M. Calouro
Published
2020
Publisher
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T41547A17928789.en
Abstract
Ateles chamek is listed as Endangered as the species is estimated to have declined by at least 50% over the past 45 years (three generations) primarily due to hunting and habitat loss. The forests in the southern part of its range, particularly in the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso (Brazil), are devastated along the agricultural frontier/arc of deforestation moving from south to north through the Brazilian Amazon. Cattle farming and forest loss are also widespread in northern Bolivia and south-eastern Peru. Major development projects (dams, highways and transmission lines) are potential future threats to the species with strong indications of a continued decline at the same rate over the next three generations. Hunting and deforestation are widespread throughout the southern part of its range, mainly in Brazil.
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