Yunnan snub-nosed monkey  (Rhinopithecus bieti)

Species information

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Range

Found in the Yunling Mountains in south-western China, around 13 isolated sub-populations exist in north-western Yunnan Province and south-eastern Tibet (3) (6).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys are found at a higher altitude than any other primate, with the exception of man (6). They inhabit coniferous forest, which is found between 3,000 and 4,500 metres above sea level and experiences frost for around 280 days of the year (2) (3); snow to a depth of over one metre can accumulate (6).

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