Fire tail monkeys
Source: BBC
Researchers have discovered 381 new species during a two-year study in the Amazon region.
The report by the WWF conservation body and Brazil’s Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development said that on average a new species was discovered every two days.
But all the newly discovered animals and plants were found in areas at risk from human activity, the authors warn.
More than 2,000 new species were found between 1999 and 2015.
The report, published in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, is the third in a series and covers thyears 2014 and 2015.
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