Snub-nosed monkey
Snub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Rhinopithecus. The genus is rare and not fully researched. Some taxonomists group snub-nosed monkeys together with the genus Pygathrix.
| Snub-nosed monkeys | |
|---|---|
| Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Tribe: | Presbytini |
| Genus: | Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Semnopithecus roxellana Milne-Edwards, 1872 | |
| Species | |
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