black snub-nosed monkey
primate
Also known as: Rhinopithecus bieti
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primates
- In primate: Distribution and abundance
…(Rhinopithecus roxellana) and black (R. bieti), are confined to high altitudes (up to 3,000 metres in the case of the former and to 4,500 metres in the latter), where the temperature drops below 0 °C (32 °F) every night and often barely rises above it by day.
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snub-nosed monkeys
- In snub-nosed monkey
The black snub-nosed monkey (R. bieti) is black above and white below, with a greenish face and a forward-curling tuft of hair on the crown of the head. It is longer-bodied and shorter-tailed than the golden species but weighs about the same. Found only along the…
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