Rhinopithecus

Rhinopithecus roxellana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopithecoidea

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Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Colobinae
Genus: Rhinopithecus
Species: R. avunculus - R. bieti - R. brelichi - R. roxellana - R. strykeri

Name

Rhinopithecus, Milne-Edwards, 1872

Type species: Semnopithecus roxellana Milne-Edwards, 1872

Synonyms

• Presbytiscus Pocock, 1924

Comments

Included in Pygathrix by Groves (1970) and Szalay and Delson (1979:404); but see Jablonski and Peng (1993) and Groves (2001c), who recognized that the two are sister-groups but retained them as separate genera. Jablonski and Peng (1993) recognized Presbytiscus as a valid subgenus.

References

• Geissmann, T. et al. 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(1): 96-107. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20894
• Rhinopithecus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Stumpfnasenaffen
English: Snub-nosed monkeys
日本語: シシバナザル属
português: Macaco-dourado
ไทย: ลิงจมูกเชิด, ค่างจมูกเชิด
中文: 仰鼻猴属

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