Snub-nosed monkey

Snub-nosed monkeys
Golden snub-nosed monkey
(Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Tribe: Presbytini
Genus: Rhinopithecus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
Type species
Semnopithecus roxellana
Species

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Snub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Rhinopithecus. The genus is rare and not fully researched. Some taxonomists group snub-nosed monkeys together with the genus Pygathrix.