WANT to have your name immortalised? Well, here’s your chance, as the right to name a species of Bolivian monkey is going up for auction online.
The creature in question is a fruit-eating titi monkey little more than 30 centimetres tall. It was found by Robert Wallace of the Wildlife Conservation Society, based in New York. “It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover a large mammal species, and an extreme honour to name it,” Wallace says. “But it’s far more important that the species habitat remains protected.” Money raised by the auction, starting on 24 February at www.charityfolks.com/monkey, will…
