Gray snub-nosed monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Rhinopithecus |
Species: | R. brelichi
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Binomial name | |
Rhinopithecus brelichi Thomas, 1903
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Gray snub-nosed monkey range | |
Synonyms | |
Pygathrix brelichi Thomas, 1903[3] |
The gray snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi),[1] also known as Brelich's snub-nosed monkey, Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, and Guizhou golden monkey,[4] is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.[1][2] It is endemic to China,[1] where it is known as the Guizhou golden hair monkey (黔金丝猴) or gray golden hair monkey (灰金丝猴).[4] It is threatened by habitat loss.[2] Of the three species of snub-nosed monkeys in China, the gray snub-nosed monkey is the most threatened, with a total population thought to number fewer than 400 individuals.[5]