https://www.pitara.com/tags/extinction/Recent content in Extinction on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/is-the-red-colobus-monkey-extinct/Sun, 11 Nov 2001 06:37:01 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/is-the-red-colobus-monkey-extinct/<p>Unbelievable but true! A large West African monkey has simply vanished from the earth. It has joined the Dodo, by becoming the first primate to vanish in the 20th century. After a six-year long survey, scientists and wildlife experts have declared the monkey, known as Miss Waldron&rsquo;s Red Colobus monkey, extinct.</p> <p>Primatologists (people who study the evolution of apes and monkeys) carried out exhaustive surveys in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, in Africa, but failed to spot a single monkey of the species. The last confirmed sighting of a Miss Waldron&rsquo;s Red Colobus was over 20 years ago in Ghana&rsquo;s rainforest. Soon after, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) declared the mammals endangered.</p>