supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31821001, 32070404);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000,XDA23080000);State Forestry Administration of China。
DEAR EDITOR,The Myanmar or black snub-nosed monkey(Rhinopithecus strykeri) is a recently discovered and critically endangered colobus primate with an unknown gut microbiota. Here, we characterized and compared the gut...
supported by the Biodiversity Survey,Monitoring and Assessment Project of Ministry of Ecology and Environment(2019HB2096001006);Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA23080000,XDA19050000);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670397,32171487);State Forestry Administration of China,and Rufford Foundation(24816-1)。
DEAR EDITOR,We examined the distribution,population,and conservation status of the critically endangered Myanmar or black snub-nosed monkey(Rhinopithecus strykeri)via field surveys over 26 months(2019-2021)in the Pian...
funded by the National Science Foundation of China(31860168);Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations(Germany,Rhinopithecus.MMR.2015);the Australian National University Fieldwork Funding for Higher Degree Research Students(R61250FW);Young talents program of ten thousand talents plan of Yunnan(YNWRQNBJ-2019-262).
Studies on positional behavior and canopy use are essential for understanding how arboreal animals adapt their morphological characteristics and behaviors to the challenges of their environment.This study explores can...
The study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31730104 and 31622053);the Promotional project for Innovation team,the Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Prov.China(2018TD-017);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB31020000);the National Key Programme of Research and Development,Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2016YFC0503200).
In the face of ongoing habitat fragmentation,many primate species have experienced reduced gene flow resulting in a reduction of genetic diversity,population bottlenecks,and inbreeding depression,including golden snub...
supported by the Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Conservation Biology of Snub-nosed Monkeys,Scientific Research Grant for Youth Scholars from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,L.S.B.Leakey Foundation,and Primate Conservation Inc.
Knowledge on the home range size of a species or population is important for understanding its behavioral and social ecology and improving the effectiveness of conservation strategies. We studied the home range size o...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270442,31470456);the Young Top-notch Talent for Ten Thousand Talent Program(2014-17)
The genus of snub-nosed monkey comprises five species that are only distributed in very limited areas in China,Vietnam and Myanmar.Tokin snub-nosed monkey(Rhinopithecus avunculus)is endemic to northern Viet-