The golden monkey is one of the most beautiful and rare animals in the world. And, it is unique to China. The golden monkey has a soft pelt, a round head, short ears and a tail as long as or ...

There are more than 100 wild animal species unique to China including such well-known rare animals as the giant panda, golden-haired monkey, South China tiger, brown-eared pheasant, red-crowned ...

A snub-nosed monkey is pictured at the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve in Southwest China's Yunnan province, March 10, 2025. The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey, also known as the ...

This story appears in the February 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tucked high in the Qin Ling Mountains of central China, a nimble primate with a peculiar mug has conquered a pitiless ...

also known as the Yunnan golden hair monkey, is a national first-class protected animal of China. The species is also on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).