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Palm oil #deforestation may have pressured a Proboscis Monkey and Silvery Lutung to produce hybrid offspring – this unusual behaviour has researchers worried #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/08/18/a-mystery-monkey-in-borneo-may-be-a-rare-hybrid-between-a-proboscis-monkey-and-silvery-lutung/ via @noroadsbarred

A ‘mystery monkey’ in Borneo may be a rare hybrid between a Proboscis Monkey and Silvery Lutung

A new study has found that fragmentation of forests in Malaysian Borneo due to palm oil and mining has pressured two species of monkey (the Proboscis Monkey and Silvered Leaf Monkey/Silvery Lutung)…
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@bike The baby from the Silvery Lutung and the Proboscis Monkey parents was healthy and was last seen in the forest with his mother in 2020. The fact that they were able to successfully breed is worrying to researchers because both species are endangered, they are being pressured into breeding together due to #palmoil #deforestation and forest loss
#palmoil #deforestation @@bike

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