Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Golden snub-nosed monkeys live in family groups of one male and numerous females. The family groups band together with others, forming troops of 20 to 30 individuals in the winter and up to 200 individuals in the summer.
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Golden snub-nosed monkeys
Wild China
Rare and isolated monkeys survive the climatic extremes of the Qinling mountains.
About the Golden snub-nosed monkey
The Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old World monkey in the Colobinae subfamily. It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central China, primarily around the Sichuan basin. The Chinese name is Sichuan Golden Hair Monkey (川金丝猴). Snow occurs frequently within its range and it can withstand colder average temperatures than any other non-human primates. Its diet varies markedly with the seasons, but it is primarily an herbivore with lichens being its main food source. It is diurnal and largely arboreal, spending some 97% of their time in the canopy. There are three subspecies. Population estimates range from 8,000 to 15,000 and it is threatened by habitat loss.
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Scientific Classification
Family: Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae)
Genus: Snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus)
Species: Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (roxellana)
Other Rhinopithecus
- Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (bieti)
The Golden snub-nosed monkey is
Adaptation data provided by Animal Diversity Web
Where can I see them?
This region contains the following habitats:
Species range provided by WWF's Wildfinder
Conservation Status
The Golden snub-nosed monkey is Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
- EX - Extinct
- EW
- CR - Threatened
- EN - Threatened
- VU - Threatened
- NT
- LC - Least concern
Population trend: Decreasing
Year assessed: 2008
Elsewhere on the web
- Golden snub nosed monkey - Rhinopithecus roxellana (arkive.org)
- Rhinopithecus roxellana (animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu)
- University of Wisconsin primate research centre: fact file (pin.primate.wisc.edu)
- IUCN Red List information (iucnredlist.org)
- Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (wikipedia.org)
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