Extinction not only threatens primates—their parasites are in danger, too

Mongabay
Dec 1, 2021, 2:47 pm224 pts
Extinction threatens nearly half of all primate species, largely due to human activities. But alongside them, a hidden world of biodiversity also could disappear: parasites. Using computer modeling, researchers discovered that if all 108 threatened primate species vanish, so could 176 parasite species,…

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