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The '''Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur''' or '''Dollman's Snub-nosed Langur''' (''Rhinopithecus avunculus'') is a species of [[langur]] [[endemism|endemic]] to northwestern [[Vietnam]].<ref name=msw3/>
The '''Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey''' or '''Dollman's Snub-nosed Monkey''' (''Rhinopithecus avunculus'') is a species of [[colobine]] [[endemism|endemic]] to northwestern [[Vietnam]].<ref name=msw3/>


Sightings of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur have become increasingly rare. The primate was thought to be extinct until the 1990's when a small population was discovered in Na Hang District in [[Tuyen Quang Province]] of Vietnam. Heavy poaching for food as well as the [[wildlife blackmarket]] and the destruction of habitat are the main reasons why the Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur is on the top 25 list of critically endangered species.<ref>[http://www.fauna-flora.org/snubnosedmonkeys.php snub nosed monkeys]</ref>
Sightings of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey have become increasingly rare. The primate was thought to be extinct until the 1990's when a small population was discovered in Na Hang District in [[Tuyen Quang Province]] of Vietnam. Heavy poaching for food as well as the [[wildlife blackmarket]] and the destruction of habitat are the main reasons why the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey is on the top 25 list of critically endangered species.<ref>[http://www.fauna-flora.org/snubnosedmonkeys.php snub nosed monkeys]</ref>


By 2008, when a small population with three infants was discovered in a remote forest, fewer than 250 of the primates were thought to exist.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7767360.stm (BBC News) " Glimmer of hope for rare monkey", 7 December 2008].</ref>
By 2008, when a small population with three infants was discovered in a remote forest, fewer than 250 of the primates were thought to exist.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7767360.stm (BBC News) " Glimmer of hope for rare monkey", 7 December 2008].</ref>

Revision as of 16:13, 26 March 2009

Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Family:
Cercopithecidae
Subfamily:
Colobinae
Genus:
Rhinopithecus
Species:
R. avunculus
Binomial name
Rhinopithecus avunculus
(Dollman, 1912)

The Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey or Dollman's Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) is a species of colobine endemic to northwestern Vietnam.[1]

Sightings of the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey have become increasingly rare. The primate was thought to be extinct until the 1990's when a small population was discovered in Na Hang District in Tuyen Quang Province of Vietnam. Heavy poaching for food as well as the wildlife blackmarket and the destruction of habitat are the main reasons why the Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey is on the top 25 list of critically endangered species.[3]

By 2008, when a small population with three infants was discovered in a remote forest, fewer than 250 of the primates were thought to exist.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  3. ^ snub nosed monkeys
  4. ^ (BBC News) " Glimmer of hope for rare monkey", 7 December 2008.
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