SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
The snub-nosed genus, Rhinopithecus, includes five species and three subspecies
Rhinopithecus roxellana
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The golden snub-nosed monkey, also known as the Sichuan golden-snub monkey, is an Afro-Eurasian primate native to the central and southwestern regions of China. Isolated populations of golden snub-nosed monkeys can be found within the four regions of East China, Central-South China, Southwest China, and Northwest…
Rhinopithecus brelichi
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The gray snub-nosed monkey, also known as the Brelich’s snub-nosed monkey, Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, and Guizhou golden monkey, is endemic to the Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve within the Wuling Mountains of Guizhou province, China. They are found in mixed deciduous and evergreen broadleaf…
Rhinopithecus strykeri
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The Myanmar sub-nosed monkey was only discovered in 2010 in the northeastern state of Kachin in Myanmar. Since then, smaller populations of these primates have been found in China, along the Gaoligongshan mountains, close to the Myanmar border. The species is contained geographically by the N’mai Hka River in the east…
Rhinopithecus avunculus
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Presumed extinct before its rediscovery in 1989, the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, also called Dollman’s snub-nosed monkey, is one of the world’s most endangered primates. Found only in northern Vietnam, this rare and elusive Old World monkey is one of two Rhinopithecus species found in Southeast Asia, the other being the…
Rhinopithecus bieti
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, also referred to as the black-and-white snub-nosed monkey or black snub-nosed monkey, is endemic to the Yunnan Province of China—specifically in the Yunling mountain range in northwestern Yunnan and southeastern Tibet. This region borders the Tibet Autonomous Region to the…