Family: Golden Snub Nose Monkeys

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Family: Golden Snub Nose Monkeys by Romani American Artist J.A. George AKA; The GYPSY

This painting comes with a certificate of authenticity signed and dated by the artist.

The photograph that inspired this painting came from an article on Nature.com. The article centered around China’s use of satellite technology to keep wildlife sanctuaries and wild protected conservation sites secure and safe from poachers and encroachers.

The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old-World monkey in the subfamily Colobinae. It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China. They inhabit these mountainous forests of Southwestern China at elevations of 1,500–3,400 m (4,900–11,200 ft) above sea level. The Chinese name is Sichuan golden hair monkey (四川金丝猴). It is also widely referred to as the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey. Of the three species of snub-nosed monkeys in China, the golden snub-nosed monkey is the most widely distributed throughout China.

Snow occurs frequently within its range, and it can withstand colder average temperatures better than any other non-human primate. Its diet varies markedly with the seasons, but it is primarily a herbivore with lichens being its main food source. It is diurnal and largely arboreal, spending some 97% of its time in the canopy. There are three subspecies. Population estimates range from 8,000 to 15,000 and it is threatened by habitat loss.

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