Black snub-nosed monkeys are pictured in the Baima Snow Mountain
State Nature Reserve in Weixi, southwest China's Yunnan Province,
Oct. 22, 2009. [Photo: Xinhuanet]
Black snub-nosed monkey, aliases Black Golden Monkey, Black Snub-nosed Monkey and Snow Monkey, belongs to the Cercopithecidae family of Pimates order. Its scientific name is Rhinopithecus bieti (Latin), or Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey, or Black Snub-nosed Monkey (English). The black snub-nosed monkeys are mammal and are listed in Category I of China's Wildlife Protection Act. They are one of the most endangered animals in Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). They are also on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
China is the only country where black snub-nosed monkey can be found. The population of the black snub-nosed monkeys has grown from 1000 in 2000 to around 1,500 at present, nearly 70 percent of the world's total, in the Baima Snow Mountain State Nature Reserve, because of the much better environment.
