The Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey

The golden snub-nosed monkey spends 97 percent of its time in trees.

Adult males grow very long golden guard hairs on their backs.

Adult males weigh about 16.4 kilograms and reach 68 centimeters long.

Females are smaller, weighing about 9.4 kilograms at adult size.

Newborn golden snub-nosed monkeys are dark to light gray.

Foraging bands can gather up to about 600 monkeys together.

Females mate with neighboring males to confuse paternity. Paternity remains ambiguous.

Mothers carry infants clinging beneath their lower abdomen while walking.

Lichens form the main food source for this primarily herbivorous primate.

One recorded home range covered 40 square kilometres of forest.

Monkeys sleep in lower tree canopy layers to avoid cold winds.

Biologists recognize 3 subspecies separated by dense human settlement areas.