A subspecies of the endemic purple-faced leaf monkey found in the suburbs of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and a loris found in the central hills of the island have been named as being critically endangered and facing extinction.
Overall, 114 of the world’s 394 primate species are classified as threatened with extinction on the International Conservation Union's (IUCN) Red List.
The report, Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2006–2008 issued jointly by IUCN and two other conservation charities, Conservation International and the International Primatological Society warns that the first primate extinction in more than a century is at hand unless corrective action is taken soon.
The Western purple-faced leaf langur Semnopithecus vetulus nestor found in the highly populous Thalawatugoda area and fast developin