The golden snub-nosed monkey is an endangered species of monkey. In daily life, they are rarely seen, but there are still many friends who want to know about them, so let me tell you about them!

One 、Basic information

Chinese name: Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey

Alias: lion-nosed monkey, back-nosed monkey, golden marmoset, blue-faced monkey, Lokanna monkey, etc. 

Latin name: Rhinopithecus roxellanae 

Kingdom: Animalia

phylum: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Euraminis

Order: Primates

Suborder: Anthropomorphis

Family: Monkey family

Subfamily: Colobus subfamily

Genus: Monkey genus

Species: Sichuan snub-nosed monkey

II. Appearance characteristics

The golden snub-nosed monkey is of medium weight, with a body length of about 680 mm and a tail length of about 685 mm; its nostrils are raised upward, and its face is blue. The cheeks and sides of the neck are brownish-red.

III. Distribution range

The golden snub-nosed monkey is only distributed in Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi and Hubei, China, as follows:

Sichuan : Minshan, Qionglai, Daxueshan and Xiaoliangshan, including Nanping, Songpan, Heishui, Pingwu, Qingchuan, Beichuan, Maowen, Wenchuan, Lixian, Anxian, Mianzhu, Dayi, Shifang, Dujiangyan, Peng Some forest areas in 22 counties including Chongqing, Tianquan, Lushan, Baoxing, Luding, Kangding and Mabian.

Gansu: Part of the forest areas in Wenxian, Zhouqu and Wudu counties belong to the northward extension of Minshan and Qionglai Mountains.

Shaanxi: Southern slope of Qinling Mountains, including some forest areas in Foping, Yangxian, Zhouzhi, Taibai, Ningshan and other counties.

Hubei: Shennongjia Mountain Area, including some forest areas in Fangxian, Xingshan and Badong counties, belongs to the east section of Daba.

IV. Living habits

The golden snub-nosed monkey inhabits the forest at an altitude of 1500~3300 meters all the year round; they prefer to live in groups, and each large cluster It is based on a small family group as the activity unit, and each small family group is composed of a strong adult male as the leader monkey, 3 to 5 female monkeys, young monkeys under the age of 3 and suckling monkeys.

The diet of golden snub-nosed monkeys is mixed, but most of them are plant-based foods, mainly including false plum, rowan, oak, maple, holly, wild cherry and paper mulberry.

The above is all the information about the golden snub-nosed monkey in Sichuan~ Everyone knows it! If there is anything you don't understand, please leave a message in the comment section below.