Myanmar snub-nosed monkey

Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Rhinopithecus
Species:
R. strykeri
Binomial name
Rhinopithecus strykeri
Geissmann et al., 2010

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey[3] or Burmese snub-nosed monkey[4] or black snub-nosed monkey[5] (Rhinopithecus strykeri) is a critically endangered species of colobine monkey discovered in 2010 in northern Burma (Myanmar).[1] It was formally described as a novel species of primate in 2011 based on its fur, beard and tail. Two groups of the species were discovered in China in 2011 and 2015, respectively.[3][6]

The species is known in local dialects of Lisu people as mey nwoah and Law Waw people as myuk na tok te, both of which mean "monkey with an upturned face".[7] Rain allegedly causes it to sneeze due to the short upturned nasal flesh around its nostrils. People from the area report that it sits with its head directed downwards, hiding its face between its knees when it rains.[8]

  1. ^ a b Geissmann, T.; Momberg, F.; Whitten, T. (2020). "Rhinopithecus strykeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13508501A17943490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T13508501A17943490.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Yang, Yin; Tian, Ying-Ping; He, Chen-Xiang; Huang, Zhipang; Dong, Shao-Hua; Wang, Bin; Li, Guang-Song; Xiang, Zuo-Fu; Long, Yong-Cheng; Xiao, Wen (2018). "The Critically Endangered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus strykeri found in the Salween River Basin, China". Oryx. 52 (1): 134–136. doi:10.1017/S0030605316000934. S2CID 88764197.
  4. ^ Geissmann, Thomas; Lwin, Ngwe; Aung, Saw Soe; Aung, Thet Naing; Aung, Zin Myo; Hla, Tony Htin; Grindley, Mark; Momberg, Frank (2011). "A new species of snub-nosed monkey, genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 (Primates, Colobinae), from northern Kachin state, northeastern Myanmar". American Journal of Primatology. 73 (1): 96–107. doi:10.1002/ajp.20894. PMID 20981682. S2CID 467234.
  5. ^ Yang, Yin; Youlatos, Dionisios; Behie, Alison M; Belbeisi, Roula Al; Huang, Zhipang; Tian, Yinping; Wang, Bin; Zhou, Linchun; Xiao, Wen (2021). "Positional behavior and canopy use of black snub-nosed monkeys Rhinopithecus strykeri in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China". Current Zoology. 68 (4): zoab071 (1–9). doi:10.1093/cz/zoab071. PMC 9450169. PMID 36090144.
  6. ^ Long, Yongcheng; Momberg, Frank; Ma, Jian; Wang, Yue; Luo, Yongmei; Li, Haishu; Yang, Guiliang; Li, Ming (2012). "Rhinopithecus strykeri found in China!". American Journal of Primatology. 74 (10): 871–873. doi:10.1002/ajp.22041. PMID 22736378. S2CID 205329996.
  7. ^ Wheeler Q (18 December 2011). "New to Nature No 61: Rhinopithecus strykeri". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
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