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Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey
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| Romaji | Kinshikō
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
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| Scientific Name | Rhinopithecus roxellana
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| Distribution | Central and Southwest China
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| Diet | Herbivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | 20-26 Years
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| Read More | Golden snub-nosed monkey
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| Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey | Anime | Season 2 | Manga | Festival (Costume) | Pavilion | KF3 | Kingdom | Nexon Game | Stage Play | Gallery |
The Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey is a type of monkey Friend who has appeared frequently across Kemono Friends media.
Appearance
Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey has golden-orange hair with a long golden ponytail but brown at the the tip, a brown wick on the front of her head,and a circlet around her head inspired by the Chinese mythology "Sun Wukong". She wear a chinese Sleeveless yellow-white suit along with a golden band collar with square, a white circular skirtwith pressed-in ridges. She has orange evening gloves and thigh highs with rings around her wrists and ankles. Like other Friends based on animals that have ears and tails, she also has both that befit her species.
Series Appearances
| Media | Role | First Appearance | |
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| 2015 | Nexon Game | ↪ Minor character, obtainable | |
| 2015 | Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park! | ↪ Major supporting character | Chapter 9 (Manga) |
| 2017 | Kemono Friends (2017 Anime) | ↪ Minor character | S1E11: Cellien |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Pavilion | ↪ Minor character, observable | |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Puzzle Puzzle Gokko | Minor character | |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Festival | ↪ Minor character, obtainable in multiple forms | |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Picross | Appears in multiple puzzles | |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 2 | ↪ Cameo | S2E10: Check-in |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 3 | ↪ Minor character, obtainable | |
| 2019 | "JAPARI STAGE!" ~Big Ears and Small Miracles~ | ↪ Minor character | |
| 2022 | Pachislot Kemono Friends | ↪ Minor character | |
| 2022 | Kemono Friends Kingdom | ↪ Minor character, obtainable | |
Minor Appearances
Kemono Friends Puzzle Puzzle Gokko
Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey appears as a minor character in Puzzle Puzzle Gokko. She appears on top of the board on some levels of the game as a still picture of her anime model.
Kemono Friends Picross
Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey appears in two different puzzles of Kemono Friends Picross; one features her alone as a 15x15 puzzle, and the other features her alongside Brown Bear and African Wild Dog as a 30x30 puzzle.
In Real Life
The golden snub-nosed monkey is an endangered Old World monkey of the genus Rhinopithecus, known as the snub-nosed monkeys on account of their uniquely-structured noses; they are very flat against the face, and the nostrils face forth. All members of Rhinopithecus,, including the golden snub-nosed monkey, inhabit China and/or Southeast Asia; the golden snub-nosed monkey in particular is found in mountainous temperate-forest regions of Central China and Southwest China. Aside from their signature noses, these monkeys are distinguished by their long, golden-orange coats, present as guard hairs down the animal's back. Adult males average around 63 cm in body length and 16.4 kg in weight; adult females are smaller, averaging around 50 cm and about 9.4 kg in weight. They are primarily arboreal, rarely venturing to the forest floor given the presence of dangerous predators such as dhole, snakes, and wolves. Even in the trees, they are threatened by arboreal or mixed-domain predators such as golden eagles, northern goshawks, leopards, and Asiatic golden cats.
They are herbivorous, dining on bark, flowers, fruits, herbs, leaves, lichens, plant buds and seeds; this diet varies from season to season, in accordance with the fluctuating availability of food items. Lichens, which tend to be available year-round, form the bulk of the golden snub-nosed monkey's typical dietary menu, followed by young leaves, though they will readily eat less lichen and more fruit during the growing season; the high energy provided by fruit and seeds is an unmissable opportunity.
The golden snub-nosed monkey can be found in groups of five to ten individuals, typically consisting of one breeding male, a group of breeding females, and the offspring of the aforementioned; there are also groups consisting entirely of bachelor males, who band together to increase their odds and are typically led by the oldest male present. Numerous groups may forage, rest, and travel together, as per the concept of safety in numbers, but will rarely interact directly; these bands can accumulate upwards of 600 individuals.
Trivia
- The primary threat to the species is habitat loss. As forests are cleared, the monkeys lose their arboreal living and foraging grounds, making them vulnerable to predation and starvation; even the removal of dead trees is an issue for the golden snub-nosed monkey, as lichen—which the species is quite reliant on— grows best on dead wood.
References
- Li, Baoguo; Chen, Chao; Ji, Weihong; Ren, Baoping (2000). "Seasonal Home Range Changes of the Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains of China". Folia Primatologica. 71 (6): 375–386.
- Yiming, Li (May 2005). "Seasonal variation of diet and food availability in a group of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys in Shennongjia Nature Reserve, China". American Journal of Primatology. 68 (3): 217–233.
- Yiming, Li (July 2007). "Terrestriality and tree stratum use in a group of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys". Primates. 48 (3): 197–207.