A conservation project to help

protect the rare Burmese snub-nosed monkey is one of 33 to get a share of UK

Government funding.

The species was photographed for the first time last year.

The project, led by Fauna and Flora International (FFI), will try to

establish how many of the monkeys are left and how best to protect them.

The money comes from a long-term scheme called the Darwin Initiative.

The Burmese snub-nosed monkey was described scientifically for the first time

in 2010 from a dead specimen collected by a local hunter.

In May 2011 researchers working in northern Burma captured the first pictures

of the species in its natural habitat.

A team from FFI, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (Banca),

and People Resources and Conservation Foundation (PRCF) took the images using

camera traps.