Also known as Ash Snub-nosed Monkey, White-shouldered and Snub-nosed Monkey, and Cattle-tailed Monkey, it belongs to the Cercopithecidae family of Primates order, with the Latin scientific name Rhinopithecus brelichi and English name Guizhou Golden Monkey.
Its body shape is similar to Sichuan Golden Monkey, with nostril up, mouth-nasal part slightly downward sunken, not so swollen as Sichuan Golden Monkey, and cheek grayish white or light blue. The front hair base of vertex is golden yellow, gradually turning into hoar at the rear, with black tips. The ears are white at edges, and the back is taupe. Between two shoulders there is a white speckle. Its hair reaches as long as 16 centimeters. From the outer side of shoulder to the back of hand, the color gradually changes from light grayish brown to black, and the change of hair color of the lower limbs is the same as the upper limbs.
Inhabiting in upland broadleaf forests at an elevation of 1,700 meters or above, it mainly lives on trees in groups, in a way of seasonal grouping and large group formation. They feed on various vegetable leaves, sprouts, flowers, fruits and barks.
Narrowly distributed in Fanjing Mountain of Guizhou Province, it is a species endemic to China, with a small quantity of only a few hundred. Now Fanjing Mountain Natural Protection Area has been established for the protection of its inhabiting environments.
Guizhou Golden Monkeyhas been listed in Appendix I ofConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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