Rhinopithecus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorrhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: Cercopithecoidea
Familia: Cercopithecidae
Subfamilia: Colobinae
Genus: Rhinopithecus
Species: R. avunculus - R. bieti - R. brelichi - R. roxellana

Name

Rhinopithecus, Milne-Edwards, 1872

Type species: Semnopithecus roxellana Milne-Edwards, 1872

Synonyms

* Presbytiscus Pocock, 1924

Comments

Included in Pygathrix by Groves (1970) and Szalay and Delson (1979:404); but see Jablonski and Peng (1993) and Groves (2001c), who recognized that the two are sister-groups but retained them as separate genera. Jablonski and Peng (1993) recognized Presbytiscus as a valid subgenus.

References

* Rhinopithecus on Mammal Species of the World.
* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World : A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2-volume set(3rd ed).

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Stumpfnasenaffen
English: Snub-nosed monkeys
日本語: シシバナザル属
Português: Macaco-dourado
中文: 仰鼻猴属