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A team of scientists from the American Museum of Natural History in New York and Claremont McKenna College in California announced the discovery of the only monkey known to have gone extinct in the past 500 years. Fossils of the monkey, known as Xenothrix mcgregori, were recovered during a paleontological expedition to Jamaica. It will be displayed as part of the American Museum of Natural History's special exhibition -- ENDANGERED! Exploring a World at Risk.
THE EXHIBITION:
ENDANGERED! Exploring a World at Risk is a special exhibition examining one the most pressing environmental issues of our era, species, habitat, endangerment, and extinction. "Endangered" opens at the American Museum of Natural History on March 8, 1997. The exhibition, which is on view through September 1, explores the major causes of species and habitat endangerment and extinction, the effect of such extinctions on the planet as a whole, and the prevention of future losses.
While many people realize that the term "endangered" applies to animals and plants, few realize that it also pertains to entire habitats and the places where species live and interact with one another. Habitat loss, which in this past century has resulted largely from human activities, leads to the extinction of multiple species. As a result, it is important to understand that
endangerment is an issue that extends beyond individual species of plants and animals to the entire biosphere.
THIS VIDEO NEWS FEATURE/B-ROLL/SOUNDBITES PACKAGE INCLUDES:
Cut news piece featuring highlights from the American Museum of Natural History's special exhibition-- ENDANGERED! Exploring a World at Risk.
Shots of recently discovered fossils of the only known monkey known to have gone extinct in the past 500 years.
B-roll of some featured species--giant pandas; alligators; a Volkswagen "Beetle;" several live species--cichlids, Madagascar radiated tortoises, and baby Chinese alligators; a Tasmanian wolf; and the one-ton skull of a Northern "right" whale.
Soundbites with:
Ross D. E. MacPhee, a curator in and chairman of the Museum's Department of Mammalogy and Ellen V. Futter, president, American Museum of Natural History.
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