AR-News: (US OH) Scientist Says Monkey May Not Be Extinct

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By JOHN McCARTHY, Associated Press Writer 
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A species of monkey thought likely to be extinct may still 
be swinging through the trees in Ivory Coast, Africa, an anthropologist who 
studies the animals says.  
The Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey was declared likely extinct in 2000 by 
a team that included W. Scott McGraw, an assistant professor of anthropology 
at Ohio State University. None had been seen since 1978. But McGraw said 
Wednesday that he has evidence that the species survives. 
Two years ago, McGraw retrieved the skin of a monkey a hunter killed in Ivory 
Coast that had the markings of the red colobus, he said. The pelt had the 
species' typical black hair on its back with reddish fur on its forehead and 
thighs, along with freshly dried blood. 


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