The decline in the number of native species is ubiquitous in the world. The most endangered primate in the Hainan Peninsula, China, is the dawn gibbon.
In the middle of the 1900s, the number of dawn gibbons was dated to a few thousand more, and by the 70s the same species had meant only a dozen animals. The main reason for the disappearance of the dawn gibbon is again only man and human activity. Poaching and the reduction of natural habitats have contributed to the decline in their numbers.
Of the dozens of animals, their numbers have swelled to about thirty (!!!) in recent times, and that means five separate families living their lives separately on the island. The small increase is the result of an attempt to save the species.
Now another gibbon pair seems to have appeared in the area. They have also been seen and heard several times together, suggesting that they are a couple, so it is also possible to gift the area to a descendant and this may be key to the survival of the species.
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