Endangered chimpanzees may experience drastic habitat loss within five years Dramatic habitat loss by 2020 threatens the population of the planets most endangered chimp subspecies, according to research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. The work suggests that climate change could do more harm to chimpanzee populations than previously realised. The Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) is the most endangered of all chimpanzee subspecies in the world, with only about 6,000 individuals estimated in the wild. While their habitats are already threatened by logging, agriculture and illegal hunting, few studies have looked at the possible effects of climate change.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:53:46 +0000
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