Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards 1872 (snub-nosed monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Alternative spelling: Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus)

Parent taxon: Colobinae according to M. Osterholz et al. 2008

See also Jablonski 2002, Palmer 1904, Smith and Jungers 1997 and Whittaker et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Cercopithecoides, Colobini, Colobus, Dolichopithecus, Kuseracolobus, Mesopithecus, Nasalis, Paracolobus, Piliocolobus, Presbytis, Procolobus, Pygathrix, Simias, Trachypithecus

Subtaxa: Rhinopithecus (Rhinopithecus) Rhinopithecus avunculus Rhinopithecus bieti Rhinopithecus brelichi Rhinopithecus lantianensis Rhinopithecus roxellana Rhinopithecus strykeri Rhinopithecus tingianus

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Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (7 collections), Taiwan (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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