Golden monkey

Shape wherein

6 Species monkey (6) A common feature

monkey for nostrils, upturned thick lips, no cheek pouch this is to adapt to high altitude hypoxia evolved.

wherein the monkeys long coat is gold, with long hairs shoulder, the tail and the like or longer, an average adult male body length of 680 mm, the tail length 685 mm;

Guizhou monkey body approximate Golden monkey and smaller, but longer than the tail, body length of 637 to 690 mm, the tail length 846 to 905 mm, dorsal gray brown, some with yellow hue;

bieti Golden monkey slightly larger than the body, the body length of 740 to 830 mm, a relatively short tail, roughly equal length, from about 510 to 720 mm, back of the body, the side surface, the outer limbs, hands, feet, and tail are dark gray. In the back and has a sparse gray hair. Lateral neck, ventral, buttocks and inner limbs are white;

Tongshen the Nu monkey black, only the face, chest and perineum slightly white, weighing 20 to 30 kg is generally slightly larger in ~ 35 45 kg, body length of about 1.24102 m;

Vietnam monkey smaller size, chest, abdomen black, pale yellow limbs inside;

Burma monkey body hair almost black, an elongated forward head a handful of curly black hair, ear and cheek with a small group of white hair, facial skin pale pink, white beard unique chin, perineum and easily distinguished as a white; long tail, almost is 1.4 times the length, adult male monkey Myanmar, 55.5 cm length, 78 cm long tail.

habitats

is a typical forest monkey arboreal, perennial altitude habitat of 1,500 to 3,300 meters of forest. The type of vegetation and vertical distribution with subtropical mountain evergreen, deciduous mixed, four types of subtropical deciduous forest vegetation and evergreen coniferous forests and Heterochronogenous of mixed forest, etc., as the seasons change , they do not migrate in the horizontal direction, only for vertical movement in a habitat environment. Rookery life, each cluster is a large family in small clusters of active units. The largest group up in primates, such a large group of more than 600 is also rare.

Habits

Food

rookery golden monkey mountain jungle. Mainly in the tree of life, also on the ground looking for something to eat. Wild fruits, buds, shoots, moss plants. Staple food leaves, tender twigs, flowers, fruits, but also eat bark and roots, eat insects, birds and eggs.

gregarious

golden monkey has a typical family life, mutual care among members, foraging together, play together the rest. In the golden monkey's home, a small monkey minors have a strong curiosity, very naughty, but also much loved parents, but small males will be adult father out of the house, into the wild to fend for themselves to live independently.

growth and reproduction

Each fall is the golden monkey estrus, the female sexual maturity earlier than males, females about 4 to 5 years old, male monkeys late for about 7 years old. Mating throughout the year, but is 8-10 months mating peak, about 6 months of pregnancy, calving than 3 to 4 months, we have individual April or May 2 litters. Female monkeys gestation period of 6 months or so, usually one child a son, even produced two earners. Just gave birth to a little monkey face was dark blue, brown coat color, sounds like a baby crying, just one month after the body weight of more than one kilogram, adult monkeys, the female and male sex ratio of about 1: 2.

With increasing altitude habitat, estrus different kinds of golden monkeys will be delayed.

species distribution

Guizhou Guizhou Fanjingshan only found in monkey.

Rhinopithecus mountain valleys distributed on both sides of the heart between the mountain peak Yunling Lancang and Jinsha, extending north of the quiet mountains in Tibet, including Deqin County, Weixi County, Lijiang, County Jianchuan County, Lanping, Yunlong County, as well as in Tibet Mangkang.

Sichuan golden monkey distributed in Sichuan, Shaanxi (Ningshan), Hubei and Gansu, secluded mountain, living in groups.

Myanmar snub-nosed monkey foreign located in Kachin State in northeastern Myanmar, China Gaoligongshan distributed in China.

Nujiang golden monkey distributed in China Nu River region.

Vietnam golden monkey only found in the limestone mountain between Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam and northern provinces too low altitude subtropical rainforest.

species history

historical evolution

snub-nosed monkey is a place in the Pleistocene period dating back more than 100 million years ago in China Qinling region, generally considered the golden monkey Eurasian origin and the late Miocene Pliocene period in monkey (an ancient colobus monkeys) and Doliehcpithecus from Europe about the child.

monkey evolutionary tree classification of snub-nosed monkey in the genus has been controversial. It was observed that in captivity interworking fertile think it should be one kind of four subspecies. When comparing the current consensus, snub-nosed monkey was first distributed in one kind of mountain range, and later due to the geological changes in reproductive isolation and evolved four kinds, this separation occurred 2.5 million years ago, due to the isolation of shorter these are not entirely kind. In accordance with different ecological characteristics, into the high-altitude survival of the Yunnan golden monkey called evolutionarily advanced species, and relatively primitive Vietnam golden monkey, golden monkey and Guizhou golden monkey relatives tight, Guizhou golden monkey relatively primitive.

discovery

found that the monkeys

After the discovery of the giant panda, the French missionary Pere David (PereDavid ) I have found another favorite of people around the world rare animals unique to China: Sichuan golden monkey. 1862 ~ 1874, a French missionary David returned herbarium France, and the introduction of many new species of plants abroad to France and Europe, also in China found 58 new species of birds, more than 100 new species of insects and many important new mammal species, including mammals unique to China's giant panda, golden monkey and elk. 1867 David after the second in China, I heard a lot of western Sichuan area of ​​animal species, and some people are not yet aware of rare species, it begins to reach the Shanghai Ya'an City, Sichuan Province Baoxing County, served as the East River Mu Ping Deng pool ditch the fourth generation of the church priest. May 4, 1869, David hunters to catch 6 "long tail monkey." After careful thought David, he gave the "long tail monkey" named "snub-nosed monkey."

Yunnan snub-nosed monkey found

1890 In the winter, the French missionary Perthes 52,611,653 in Yunnan and police the border between Tibet's snow-capped mountains organize local hunters captured 7 age, gender different Yunnan golden monkey, and skulls and hides to the Paris Museum of Natural History. This is also the world's first scientific investigation related to Yunnan golden monkey. In 1897, the French zoologist Edward Miller for the first time according to these seven specimen is snub-nosed monkey scientific description, and officially named. But after nearly a century, the scientific community no longer has any information on this species, the ecological habits of this species do not have any understanding. After a lapse of 70 years, in 1960, Chinese zoologist Professor Peng Hong Shou chance in Deqin Livestock company saw eight snub-nosed monkey skins, surprisingly confirmed this mysterious species still exists.

Vietnam golden monkey found

Vietnam golden monkey is a small, black abdomen and limbs inside the pale yellow monkey long tail vegetarian, was discovered in 1910, missing half a century, to 1989, it also found 2113, only 200, inhabits northern Vietnam. When

Nujiang snub-nosed monkey found

In early 2010, Fauna and Flora International Primate researchers conducted surveys in Kachin State in northeastern Myanmar collected a complete snub-nosed monkey cadavers. By comparison, the researchers excitedly judge, new species different from any known primate, it is seeking a fifth years of snub-nosed monkey.

The species

1870 years, the golden monkey is the scientific name;

1897 years, the Yunnan golden monkey is the scientific name;

1903 Nian Guizhou golden monkey is the scientific name;

1912 years, the Vietnam golden monkey is the scientific name;

2010 years, the Nujiang golden monkey scientifically named;

2010, the Burmese golden monkey was named science.

species classification

Chinese name	The Latin name	English
Golden monkey	Rhinopithecusroxellanae	GoldenSnub-nosedMonkey
Guizhou monkey	Rhinopithecusbrelichi	GuizhouGoldenMonkey
Rhinopithecus	Rhinopithecusbieti	BlackSnub-nosemonkey
Vietnam monkey < / td>	Rhinopithecusavunculus	GoldenMonkey
Burma monkey (Nujiang monkey)	Rhinopithecusstrykeri	MyanmarSnub-nosedMonkey

species protection

China has established Xi'an Zhouzhi Golden monkey Sanctuary, white river Golden monkey Sanctuary, along the golden monkey crossing protected areas, red, sa Yunnan Golden monkey Sanctuary, Badong County Yanduhe golden monkey Nature Reserve, Mount Kang Yunnan Golden monkey national Nature Reserve, Xi'an Golden monkey Golden monkey Nature Reserve on the implementation of protection.

protection level

• included in the "World Conservation Union" (IUCN) 2012 Red List of Threatened Species Nian ver3.1-- endangered.

• national level to protect animals.