Alias:Rhinopithecus avunculus,Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey,Tokyo snub-nosed monkey
Outline:Primates
Family:Monkeys
length:51-65cm
Weight:8.3-14kg
Life:About 16 years
IUCN:LC
Vietnamese golden monkey (scientific name: Rhinopithecus avunculus) is also known as Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey in foreign language, and has no subspecies.
Vietnamese golden monkeys move in small groups, usually consisting of one male and multiple females, or groups of multiple males, with multiple small groups sharing a habitat. They are active during the day, crawling on all fours, climbing and jumping, and even hanging from branches. Although some activities also occur on the ground, they usually pass through the forest canopy and spend more time in the trees.
The Vietnamese golden monkey is distributed in northern Vietnam and is very rare. Due to the destruction of the ecological environment, forest degradation and fragmentation, extensive deforestation caused by human planting, development, road construction, legal and illegal logging, gold mining and commercial collection of non-timber forest products are the main reasons for the extinction of this species. Although Vietnam's national protection strategy began to be implemented in 1985, the implementation has been poor. Conservation measures include planning protected areas and prohibiting hunting, but the situation facing this species is still not optimistic. Even if the Na Hang Nature Reserve is established, the probability of extinction of the Vietnamese golden monkey is still high. A study by the Tat Ke Department of the Na Hang Nature Reserve in Vietnam in 1993 estimated the density to be less than 8 per square kilometer; a later study in 2004-2005 found a much lower density. Since this species may appear in other areas where it has not been recorded, the global population may actually be higher, estimated at about 250 (2006).
Listed in the 2008 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver3.1-Critically Endangered (CR).
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