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The International  Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified chimpanzees  and some endemic primate species of the DRC as endangered on its red list of threatened species.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the third country in the world with the highest diversity of primates and the first in Africa. Moreover, the DR Congo is among the four countries in the world (together with Brazil, Madagascar and Indonesia) to have 65% of all primate species.

Unfortunately, 2/3 of the primates living in these countries are facing extinction. Some endemic and fully protected monkey species are increasingly vulnerable and their populations are disappearing due to different reasons, such as: