{"id":4133,"date":"2018-07-15T21:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T19:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlife-travel.com\/auf-der-suche-nach-dem-groessten-affen-suedamerikas-in-brasilien\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:12:09","slug":"searching-for-the-largest-monkey-of-south-america-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlife-travel.com\/en\/searching-for-the-largest-monkey-of-south-america-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for the largest monkey of South America in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the heat of the sun and the high humidity was exhausting, my wish to see the largest primate of South America \u2013 the muriquis \u2013 in their natural environment was too big on my search through the Atlantic Forest in Brazil and moved me on and on and on. With success? You will find that out in this article.<\/p>\n

Maybe you ask yourself \u2013 what are muriquis?<\/p>\n

I encountered this question regularly when I started to talk about my travel plans.<\/p>\n

While primates like gorillas, chimpanzees or orang-utans are very common and well known, most people have never heard about muriquis. I admit. In the past it was for me the same. However, when I saw a German children\u2019s television series (German: \u201cFelix und die wilden Tiere\u201c \u2013 English: \u201cFelix and the wild animals\u201c) \u2013 which is interesting for adults as well! \u2013 the muriquis got my full attention for the first time. This one episode of the muriqui (German: \u201cMuriqui \u2013 die friedlichsten Affen der Welt\u201d \u2013 English: \u201cMuriqui \u2013 the most peaceful monkey in the world\u201d) got me excited about this primate species.<\/p>\n

There are two species of muriquis. One one side there is the Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus<\/em>) and on the other side the Southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides<\/em>). According to the IUCN both species are endangered. However, while the Southern muriqui is listed as \u201cendangered\u201d, the Northern muriqui belongs even to the category \u201ccritically endangered\u201d.<\/p>\n

Given the plight of the muriquis, when I was planning my journey I asked myself several times: should I visit a place where an animal lives that is endangered? Or should I avoid these places completely?<\/p>\n

I asked myself this question several times during my journey. As I like to think analytically, for me there is no clear \u201cyes-no-answer\u201d. For me the world is not black and white. In the end I think the advantages can exceed when it is done \u201cright\u201d. On my journey through the South of Brazil I had the chance to get to know projects where people with all their forces do their best to conserve the environment, but also provide opportunities for visitors to meet Brazilian fauna.<\/p>\n

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