Rhinopithecus avunculus

Dollman, 1912

Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Tribe : Presbytini
Genus : Rhinopithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1912-03-19. Mr. Guy Dollman exhibited a Monkey, belonging to the rare genus Rhinopithecus, from Tonkin. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 106:18.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31855302

Original name as described

Rhinopithecus avunculus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9159d95-7237-45de-ae92-14e5d79c38cd https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c59f3c83-cd71-47a0-900c-14165365c09a

Type locality

Yen Bay, Songkoi River, Vietnam.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000682

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rhinopithecus avunculus

Dollman, 1912

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

avunculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9159d95-7237-45de-ae92-14e5d79c38cd https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c59f3c83-cd71-47a0-900c-14165365c09a

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31855302

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19594/17944213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pygathrix avunculus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

avunculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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