Goeldi’s monkey
Callimico goeldii
Seen by the oracleIts power
When fruit is scarce, it eats mushrooms. Almost no other monkey in the world can do that.
Estimated wild population
An estimated fewer than 10,000 adults
Trend
Declining (estimated 30% over 18 years)
Range
Peru / upper Amazon basin
Main threat
Amazon deforestation, hunting for meat, capture for the pet trade
Meet it
It really exists. It is waiting for you at the Parc Animalier d’Auvergne.
Goeldi’s monkey is a small, lively and shy monkey, the only member of its genus. It holds a special place among South American primates: it shares features with both tamarins and other monkeys. It communicates with a rich set of body postures, scent marks and many different sounds. It lives in very small, scattered areas of the Amazon basin, mostly where bamboo grows thickly. Less than half of its habitat is protected. It is still hunted for meat or caught for the pet trade. The IUCN estimates a decline of 30% or more over 18 years.
What the Park does
Less than 50% of its habitat protected; monitoring in reserves in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia