Rhinopithecus bieti Milne-Edwards 1897

Rhinopithecus bieti Milne-Edwards 1897, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 3: 157.

Type Locality: China, Yunnan, left bank of upper Mekong, Kiape, 28°25'N, 98°55'E, "a day's journey south of Atentse." .

Vernacular Names: Black Snub-nosed Monkey.

Distribution: Ridge of Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan (China).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Considered a subspecies of roxellana by Groves (1970:569), but regarded as a full species by Peng et al. (1988).