{"id":24644,"date":"2020-11-11T18:38:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T09:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/11\/popa-scoop-100-year-old-monkey-faeces-reveals-new-species-in-myanmar"},"modified":"2020-11-11T18:38:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T09:38:44","slug":"new-species-of-primate-identified-in-myanmar-and-is-already-endangered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=24644","title":{"rendered":"New species of primate identified in Myanmar \u2013 and is already endangered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popa Langur, numbering only 200-250 in the wild and at risk of extinction, was genetically identified from London museum sample<\/p>\n<p>In a rare find, scientists have identified a new species of primate, a lithe tree-dweller living in the forests of central Myanmar with a mask-like face framed by a shock of unruly grey hair.<\/p>\n<p>The Popa langur \u2013 named for an extinct volcano home to its largest population, some 100 individuals \u2013 has been around for at least a million years, according to a study detailing the find, published on Wednesday in Zoological Research.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/11\/popa-scoop-100-year-old-monkey-faeces-reveals-new-species-in-myanmar\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popa Langur, numbering only 200-250 in the wild and at risk of extinction, was genetically identified from London museum sampleIn a rare find, scientists have identified a new species of primate, a lithe tree-dweller living in the forests of central My&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,82,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-myanmar","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24645,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24644\/revisions\/24645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}