    Sir David names the top 10 endangered species for his ark
Richard Gray London  In danger ... the black lion tamarin from
Brazil.  In danger ... the black lion tamarin from Brazil.   Yet
Sir David Attenborough has decided to omit the apes, of which
there are just 300, from a list of endangered animals he would
most like to save from extinction.  He also chose to leave off
other well-documented species, including the tiger and panda.
Instead the veteran natural history broadcaster has chosen 10
lesser-known creatures that face extinction unless conservation
work is carried out to save them.  Top of his list is a type of
monkey found in Brazil known as the black lion tamarin. There
are just 1000 left and they were believed to have become extinct
until a small population was found in a forest near Sao Paulo in
1970.  Sir David said: ''There are a lot of animals today that
face the same fate as the dodo. I've been asked to select 10
species I would take me with me on my own personal ark.  ''I
could choose t