Rhinopithecus strykeri

Geissmann, Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Tony Htin Hla, Grindley, & Momberg, 2011

Stryker's 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

Authority citation

Geissmann, T., Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Tony Htin Hla, Grindley, M. and Momberg, F. 2011-01. A new species of snub-nosed monkey, genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 (Primates, Colobinae), from northern Kachin state, northeastern Myanmar. American Journal of Primatology 73(1):96-107.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20894

Original name as described

Rhinopithecus strykeri

Other common names

Burmese Snub-nosed Monkey · Myanmar Snub-nosed Monkey

Type material

AIMZ 15504

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

26.43101° N, 98.38894° E (elevation 2815 m) in the Maw River area, northeastern Kachin State, in north-eastern Myanmar.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Geissmann, T., Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Htin Hla, Grindley, M. and Momberg, F. 2011. A new species of Snub-Nosed Monkey, genus Rhinopithecus Milne-Edwards, 1872 (Primates, Colobinae), from northern Kachin state, northeastern Myanmar. American Journal of Primatology 73: 96-107.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000686

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Names and synonyms

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Rhinopithecus strykeri

Geissmann, Ngwe Lwin, Saw Soe Aung, Thet Naing Aung, Zin Myo Aung, Tony Htin Hla, Grindley, & Momberg, 2011

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

strykeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AIMZ 15504

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority publication

American Journal of Primatology

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13508501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13508501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13508501/17943490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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