golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) Description
English: Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys in Qinling Mountains, China.
Português: Macaco-dourado na China.
Date 29 May 2012
Source Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannimari/7297165536/
Author Giovanni Mari http://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannimari/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Snub-nosed_Monkeys,_Qinling_Mountains_-_China.jpg
The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old World monkey in the Colobinae subfamily. It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China. They inhabit these mountainous forests of Southwestern China at elevations of 1,500-3,400 m above sea level. The Chinese name is Sichuan golden hair monkey (川金丝猴). It is also widely referred to as the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey. Of the three species of snub-nosed monkeys in China, the golden snub-nosed monkey is the most widely distributed throughout China. Order: Primates, Family: Cercopithecidae.