...Cyril C. Grueter; Dayong Li; Baoping Ren; Fuwen Wei; Ming Li The social organization of natural groups of Rhinopithecus bieti (Yunnan snub-nosed monkey) is virtually unknown. We studied the demography and social structure of a free-ranging group at Samage Forest, China, for nearly 2 years...

...Hong Lan; Wenyan Zhang; Wen Wang; Bing Su; Liming Shi Brief Report Folia Primalol 1995;65:154-158 © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel 0015-5713/95/0653 - 0 154$ 10.00/0 Genetic Diversity in the Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) Based on Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA lions Lan, Wenyan Zlumg, Wen...

...Yan-Zhang Peng; Ru-Liang Pan; Nina G. Jablonski In order to study the differentiation of Asian colobines, 14 variables measured on 123 skulls, including Rhinopithecus, Presbytis, Presbytiscus (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Pygathrix and Nasalis were analyzed by one-way, cluster and discriminant...

... to populate a wide range of terrestrial environments (eurytopy) contrast with those of apes, which are restricted to tropical forest environments (stenotopy). Macaques Macaca Snub-nosed langurs Rhinopithecus Anthropoidea Biogeography Pleistocene East Asia Body size Paleoecology Climate change...

... characters. The matrix was analyzed using the program Hennig86. The results of the analysis support the following conclusions: (1) that the douc and snub-nosed langurs are generically distinct and should be referred to as species of Pygathrix and Rhinopithecus, respectively; (2) that the Tonkin snub-nosed...

...Ru-Liang Pan; Nina.G. Jablonski In this study, aspects of the structural mechanics of the upper and lower limbs of the three Chinese species of Rhinopithecus were examined. Linear regression and reduced major axis (RMA) analyses of natural log-transformed data were used to examine the dimensions...

...G.W.H. Davison Results are presented from a brief study of the behaviour of captive snub-nosed monkeys, Rhinopithecus roxellanae . Chief points are that facial colouring and nasal development mimic the colour and form of the genitalia, and that limb proportions, sexual dimorphism, perineal...