New monkey that purrs like a cat found among 441 other species
Say hello to the Callicebus caquetensis, “a new and critically endangered” monkey species found in Southern Caquetá, Colombia, deep in the Amazon rainforest. “When [the babies] feel very content they purr towards each other,” says its discoverer, scientist Thomas Defler. The new purring monkey is included in a list of 441 new species discovered in…