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Rhinopithecus bieti (black snub-nosed monkey)

Synonyms: Pygathrix bieti; Pygathrix roxellana bieti

Wikipedia Abstract

The black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is an endangered species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to China, where it is known to the locals as the Yunnan golden hair monkey (滇金丝猴) and the black golden hair monkey (黑金丝猴). It is threatened by habitat loss. It was named after Bishop Félix Biet.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhinopithecus bieti

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Rhinopithecus bieti

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  34.97 lbs (15.862 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  427 grams
Female Weight [4]  23.149 lbs (10.50 kg)
Male Weight [4]  35.274 lbs (16.00 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  54.8 %
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Gestation [1]  5 months 20 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  30 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  30 inches (77 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve V 462837 Yunnan, China  
Nujiang Nature Reserve   China      

Prey / Diet

Dolichousnea longissima (Old Man's Beard)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Vermipsylla parallela rhinopithica[6]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Wildlife As Canon Sees It
♦ 5Bamboo Leaf-Based Diet of Rhinopithecus bieti at Lijiang, China; Shijian Yang, Qi-Kun Zhao; Folia Primatol 2001;72:92–95
♦ 6International Flea Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0