Tonkin snub-nosed monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhinopithecus avunculus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae

Where does the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Vietnam

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey endangered?

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey?

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Cercopithecidae, genus Rhinopithecus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey

The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey or Dollman's snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) is a slender-bodied arboreal Old World monkey endemic to northern Vietnam. It has black and white fur, a pink nose and lips, and blue patches around the eyes. It is found at elevations from 200 to 1,200 m (700 to 3,900 ft) on fragmentary patches of forest on craggy limestone areas. First described in 1912, the monkey was rediscovered in 1989 but is exceedingly rare. Out of the five snub-nosed monkey species in the world, the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey is the rarest. In 2008, fewer than 250 individuals were thought to exist, and the species was the subject of intense conservation effort. The main threats faced by these monkeys are habitat loss and hunting, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the species as "critically endangered".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (revision 1368022263), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q18818 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).