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Rhinopithecus strykeri | Burmese Snub-nosed Monkey

 

Good spot:  Myanmar

Primatology

 

Taxonomy

Rhinopithecus strykeri is a monotypic species (no subspecies).

 

Occurrence

Myanmar, and China

 

IUCN Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

 

This is the latest of snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus spp.) to be discovered, and only in 2010 [1]. At first only known from Myanmar, making it endemic to the country, a Chinese photographer later claimed that it was also found in China based on his photograph taken of the species earlier in 2009.

 

Seeing this Species

 

Good luck; this species wasn't known to Western scientists until 2010!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probability of Success

 

Overlapping species

 

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References

[1] Geissman T., Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Htin Hla T., Grindley M. & Momberg F., 2011. A new species of snub-nosed monkey, genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 (Primates, Colobinae), from northern Kachin State, northeastern Myanmar. American Journal of Primatology 73: 96-107.

 

Illustration by Martin Aveling | © Fauna & Flora International

 

 

 

Page Last Updated: 17 February 2014

 

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