The Burmese snub-nosed monkey is a kind of golden snub-nosed monkey unique to Myanmar. They are a kind of critically endangered monkey species. In addition to Myanmar, they also appear in China. Let me introduce the Burmese snub-nosed monkey in detail!

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】Myanmar Snub-nosed Monkey

【Alias】Nujiang Snub-nosed Monkey

【Foreign name】Myanmar Snub-nosed Monkey

【Latin Scientific name: Rhinopithecus strykeri

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

【Class】Mammalia

【Subclass】Zeuthera

【Order】Primates

【Suborder】Simia

[Family] Monkey family

[Subfamily] Colobus subfamily

[Genus] Monkey genus

[Species] Burmese snub-nosed monkey

【Name and date】Thomas Geissmann 2010

【protection level】critically endangered (CR) IUCN standard

2. Morphological characteristics

The Burmese snub-nosed monkeys have mostly black fur, with a tuft of crested hair on the top of their heads, tall, slender, and curled forward. They have mostly pale pink skin on their cheeks and distinctive white whiskers above their lips and on their chins. Most of their limbs are black, with dark brown upper arms and inner thighs. Their lips are prominent and their noses are turned up. Their tails are very long, almost 1.4 times their body length.

III. Living habits

The Burmese golden monkeys are used to living in groups, and they have rich social behaviors. They mainly feed on plants, mainly twigs, young shoots, fresh leaves, bamboo leaves and various fruits. They are accustomed to living in camps and are mainly active on the top of the canopy of tall trees. They are flexible and convenient to climb trees, and have a particularly strong jumping ability, and often dozens of them live together in groups.

IV. Survival status

Due to massive deforestation and hunting by local people, the situation of the golden snub-nosed monkey in Myanmar is very dangerous and is on the verge of extinction, in large part because people use it for their bones, fur and medicinal purposes. skulls and hunted them down.

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