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[Original] Five aspects, let you know the Japanese hornet monkey!

2022-02-26 / 1422 Read

The Japanese hummingbird is a smaller proto-monkey, so it is sometimes called the little humming monkey, the little slow loris, the wind monkey, and the little wind monkey. So today, the editor will give you some information about it around five aspects. Let's take a look~

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I. Basic information

[Chinese name] Japanese hornet

[Latin name] Nycticebus pygmaeus

[Kingdom] animal Kingdom

【phylum】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate subphylum

【Class】Mammalia

【Subphylum Class: subclass of animals

[order] primates

[suborder] Prosimian

[family] loris

【Subfamily】Papidae

【Genus】Puppet genus

【Species】Popularia

【Named by】Bonhote

[Named] 1907

II. Main distribution

The Japanese hornet is an endemic species of the Indo-China Peninsula, with a narrow distribution range. Distributed in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern Yunnan, China.

III. Appearance characteristics

The body shape of the Japanese bee monkey is cylindrical; the body hair is velvety, and the color is mainly brown-orange or brown-yellow; Tan striped central back; short snout; round face and head; large eyes with tan around the eye rims and surrounding hair; belly grey; nose, auricles, and limbs black; tail short, usually Hidden in hair.

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4. Habits

1. Habitat

Papaver monkeys generally live in tropical and subtropical rainforests, evergreen broad-leaved forests and bamboo forests, etc., and usually stay in tall buildings surrounded by vines. The branches of trees, dense shrubs or the top of bamboo branches of bamboo forests rarely move on the ground.

2. Eating habits

Although the Japanese hornet is omnivorous, it prefers insect food.

3. Breeding methods

The Japanese monkeys can mate all year round. Female monkeys usually give birth in winter, and each litter can produce 1-2 offspring.

PS: The eyes of the newborn monkeys are open, they can grasp the hair on the abdomen of the mother monkey, and they can hang upside down on the branches in less than a day.

V. Population status

The Japanese hornet is a protected animal and has been recorded in a number of protected lists, as follows:

1. China's National Key Protected Wildlife List, which is a national first-class protected animal.

2. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as vulnerable level.

3. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES Appendix I).

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Okay, the above is the Japanese All about the hummingbird! Do you guys understand?