The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey is a new species to science discovered by a team of local and international primatologists in northern Myanmar in 2010. The species has been named Rhinopithecus Strykeri in honour
of Jon Stryker, President and Founder of the Arcus Foundation who
supported the project. However, in local dialects it is called mey nwoah, ‘monkey with an upturned face.’
The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey is found in Kachin State in north-eastern
Myanmar and is cut off from other related species by the Mekong and
Salween Rivers. According to a research paper published by Momberg and his colleagues in The American Journal of Primatology, the monkeys' distribution area appears to cover about 270 km2
in northeastern Myanmar, and the entire species is estimated to
comprise between 260 and 330 individuals. It is expected that the
species will soon be classified as "Critically Endangered" by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature.
For comparison, picture below is a Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus Bieti).
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