English Name:
Snub-nosed Monkeys
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<div class="tree_txt_unlinked"><p>The golden monkey, <em>Rhinopithecus</em>,
is the largest colobine (up to 30 kg) and among the largest of the
cercopithecoids. Several species are recognized, one in Vietnam, <em>R. avunculus</em>, and three others in China, <em>R. roxellana</em>, <em>R. brelichi</em>, and <em>R.bieti</em>.
The males have long hair that covers their shoulders that looks like a
cape. They are strikingly sexually dimorphic, which is reflected in
their locomotor modes, with males being much more terrestrial than
females. In general, they have long tails, and short limbs and digits.</p>
<p><strong>Citations</strong>: Fleagle 1999, and Isler and Gruter 2006</p>
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