Greater bamboo lemurs in Madagascar are a step further from extinction.
Fewer than 300 of the lemur, the world's rarest, were thought to remain.
But by following up reports from local people, conservationists have found new lost populations of the lemur, which extends the primate's range to twice that previously thought.
Researchers are now working with local communities to monitor and protect the rainforest-dwelling species from hunting and habitat destruction.
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