05-09-2016 10:10 via theguardian.com

Eastern gorilla now critically endangered while giant panda situation improves

Largest living primate joins three other great ape species on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list, but pandas no longer endangeredHumanity has moved a step closer to wiping out our closest evolutionary relatives, with four of the six great ape species now listed internationally as critically endangered.The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed the eastern gorilla, the largest living primate, as critically endangered in its latest“red l
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