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Rhinopithecus roxellana Milne-Edwards 1870 (golden snub-nosed monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 236470

Alternative combinations: Pygathrix (Rhinopithecus) roxellana, Rhinopithecus roxellanae, Semnopithecus roxellana

Belongs to Rhinopithecus according to M. Yang et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Rhinopithecus (Rhinopithecus), Rhinopithecus avunculus, Rhinopithecus bieti, Rhinopithecus brelichi, Rhinopithecus lantianensis, Rhinopithecus strykeri, Rhinopithecus tingianus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 208.7, fibula length 170.0, humerus length 181.8, radius length 184.1, scapula length 71.7, tibia length 180.1, ulna length 201.6

Estimated body mass: 25.1 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length