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The Geoffroy’s tamarin, aka Panamanian, red-crested tamarin or rufous-naped tamarin, is a New World monkey (those found only in the Americas) and is only found in Panama and Colombia. They are Panama’s smallest primate species. Unfortunately, these primates face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of […]

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The Panamanian night monkey, aka Chocóan night monkey or owl monkey, hails from Panama and the Chocó region of Colombia, in South America. They prefer moist forests, dry forests, secondary forests, and coffee plantations. Due to extensive habitat destruction at the hands of urban development, mining, logging, and agriculture, as […]

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The pygmy 3-toed sloth, aka monk sloth or dwarf sloth, can only be found on Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Since being separated from the mainland for around 9,000 years, these sloths have evolved into their own distinct genus. The unfortunate part […]

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