AR-News: (China) Snub-nosed monkey is rarer than giant panda

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

www.chinaview.cn 2004-02-13 20:26:55

    GUIYANG, Feb. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A decade-long field investigation on 
Brelich's snub-nosed monkey showed the population of this rare species in China 
only numbers 750, even less than the giant panda, an endangered species native 
to China. 
    The total number of giant pandas in the wild is about 1,000, which mainly 
live in the mountains in the Sichuan basin in southwest China. About 140 of 
the animals live in captivity. 
    There are currently three species of golden monkey in southwestChina's 
Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces respectively. The species living in 
Guizhou got the name of Brelich's snub-nosed monkey.     




full story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-02/13/content_1313879.htm 


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