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Rhinopithecus (snub-nosed monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

Taxonomy
Rhinopithecus was named by Milne-Edwards (1872). It is extant.

It was reranked as Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus) by Smith and Jungers (1997).

It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by Palmer (1904); to Pygathrix by Smith and Jungers (1997); to Colobidae by Jablonski (2002); to Colobinae by Whittaker et al. (2006); and to Colobinae by Osterholz et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards
1904Rhinopithecus Palmer p. 896
1997Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus) Smith and Jungers p. 546
2002Rhinopithecus Jablonski
2006Rhinopithecus Whittaker et al. p. 889
2008Rhinopithecus Osterholz et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyCercopithecoidea
familyCercopithecidae
subfamilyColobinaeJerdon 1867
genusRhinopithecusMilne-Edwards 1872

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards 1872 [snub-nosed monkey]
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Subg. Rhinopithecus (Rhinopithecus) Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1812
Rhinopithecus avunculus Dollman 1912 [Tonkin snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus bieti Milne-Edwards 1897 [black snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus brelichi Thomas 1903 [gray snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978
Rhinopithecus roxellana Milne-Edwards 1870 [golden snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus strykeri Geissmann et al. 2010 [Burmese snub-nosed monkey]
Rhinopithecus tingianus Matthew and Granger 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:20:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Rhinopithecus sp. (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126China (Sichuan) Rhinopithecus tingianus (226365)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Guangdong) Rhinopithecus sp. (40341) Rhinopithecus tingianus (120834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Taiwan (Tainan) Rhinopithecus sp. (209017)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Rhinopithecus sp. (13293)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117China (Hunan) Rhinopithecus roxellanae (36724)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Rhinopithecus lantianensis (92787)