What is a golden snub nosed monkey?
Golden snub-nosed monkeys have soft fur and upturned noses. There are five species of Burmese snub-nosed monkeys (Nujiang snub-nosed monkeys), Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys, Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys, Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys, and Vietnamese snub-nosed monkeys. Except for Myanmar snub-nosed monkeys and Vietnamese snub-nosed monkeys, they are all precious animals unique to China.
Golden snub-nosed monkeys live in dense alpine forests, feeding on berries, bamboo shoots, and moss. They also like to eat meat such as bird eggs. They live at high altitudes, and their long hairs are resistant to cold. The 5 species are all rare species and are listed as endangered species on the Red Species List.
What does golden snub nosed monkey look like?
The common features of golden snub nosed monkeys are large nostrils, upturned, thick lips, and no cheek pouches, which evolved to adapt to the hypoxia at high altitudes.
Among them, the Sichuan golden monkey is golden in color, with long hair on the shoulders and back, and the tail is as long as the body or longer. The average length of the adult male body is 680 mm, and the length of the tail is 685 mm;
The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey is slightly larger than the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey, with a body length of 740-830 mm and a relatively short tail, which is slightly equal to the body length, about 510-720 mm. . On the back and with sparse long hairs of off-white. The side of the neck, ventral surface, buttocks and the inside of the limbs are all white;
The whole body of the Burmese golden monkey is almost completely black, with a slender black hair that curls forward on the top of the head, small white hairs on the ears and cheeks, pale pink facial skin, distinctive white whiskers on the chin, and white perineum And easy to distinguish; the tail is long, almost 1.4 times the body length, adult male Burmese golden monkey, body length 55.5 cm, tail length 78 cm.
Golden snub nosed monkey habitat
The golden monkey is a typical forest arboreal animal, which inhabits the forest at an altitude of 1500-3300 meters all the year round. Its vegetation type and vertical distribution zone belong to four types of vegetation: subtropical mountain evergreen, deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, subtropical deciduous broad-leaved forest and evergreen coniferous forest, and secondary coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest. , they do not migrate horizontally, but only move vertically in their habitat. Living in groups, each large group is an active unit according to a small family group. The largest group can reach more than 600 only in primates, such a large group is also rare.
Golden snub nosed monkey living habits
food
Golden snub-nosed monkeys live in groups in alpine forests. Mainly live on trees, but also find food on the ground. Feeds on wild fruits, buds, bamboo shoots, and bryophytes. The staple food is leaves, twigs, flowers, fruits, but also bark and roots, and loves insects, birds and bird eggs.
social
Golden snub nosed monkeys have a typical family lifestyle, members take care of each other, forage together, play and rest together. In the golden monkey’s home, the juvenile little golden snub nosed monkey has a strong curiosity, is very naughty, and is much loved by its parents, but when the little male monkey becomes an adult, he will be kicked out of the house by his father and can only live independently in the wild.
Breeding of Golden snub nosed monkey
Every autumn is the estrus period of golden monkeys. Females are earlier than males in sexual maturity. Females are about 4 to 5 years old, while males are about 7 years old. There are mating throughout the year, but 8 to 10 months is the peak mating period. The pregnancy period is about 6 months, and more babies are born in March to April, and some babies are born in February or May. The gestation period of female monkeys is about 6 months, usually one litter and one cub, and occasionally two cubs. The newly born baby monkey has a dark blue face, brown fur, and a cry like a baby crying. After one month, the baby monkey weighs more than one kilogram. In an adult monkey group, the ratio of male to female is about 1:2.
As the altitude of the habitat increases, the estrus of different species of golden snub nosed monkeys will be delayed.
