IUCN Status: Endangered
How Did They Become Endangered?
The Golden Snug-Nosed Monkey become endangered by degradation, habitat loss, and harvesting.
Commercial logging is destroying the habitat. The logging used for firewood is reducing the food supplies for them.They are also targeted by many hunters. Hunters hunted the animal for their warm fur.
Efforts to Help
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) joined with the Chinese government and the Conservation International. They have launched a program in the effort of gaining understanding of the needs of the endangered species. The program's main goal is to provide protection for the endangered species, saving them from extinction.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Introduction
Scientific Name: rhinopithecus roxellana
Common Name: (Blue Faced) Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Sichuan Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Rhinopithecus
Species: R. roxellana
The body hair of the Golden Monkey is long with the coloration of yellowish-red ranging from brown pigment to brightly orange-red. The upper body, mainly the face, of the monkey is usually the brighter color (orange-red). The arms, back, crown and tail is the darker color (brown). The nostrils on the flat nose points directly forward, hence the name " Snub- Nosed". The nose is placed upon their hairless blue face. The length of the body varies from fifty-seven centimeters to seventy-six centimeters. The primate has a tail that is roughly the same length as the body or it could be even longer.
Location/Habitat
The Golden Monkey is located only in China. They are the primates from the Qin Mountains. The mountain range is in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The monkey's habitat consists of a forest filled with evergreen conifer. The location of the mountain is often covered with winter snow dropping the temperature. During the winter time period, the temperature ranges from negative four degrees to one degree Celsius. The average rainfall is 180 centimeters.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Rhinopithecus
Species: R. roxellana
Physical Characteristics
The body hair of the Golden Monkey is long with the coloration of yellowish-red ranging from brown pigment to brightly orange-red. The upper body, mainly the face, of the monkey is usually the brighter color (orange-red). The arms, back, crown and tail is the darker color (brown). The nostrils on the flat nose points directly forward, hence the name " Snub- Nosed". The nose is placed upon their hairless blue face. The length of the body varies from fifty-seven centimeters to seventy-six centimeters. The primate has a tail that is roughly the same length as the body or it could be even longer. Location/Habitat
The Golden Monkey is located only in China. They are the primates from the Qin Mountains. The mountain range is in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The monkey's habitat consists of a forest filled with evergreen conifer. The location of the mountain is often covered with winter snow dropping the temperature. During the winter time period, the temperature ranges from negative four degrees to one degree Celsius. The average rainfall is 180 centimeters.
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