New snub-nosed monkey discovered in Northern Myanmar
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 22:50
in Biology & Nature
An international team of primatologists have discovered a new species of monkey in Northern Myanmar (formerly Burma.) The research, published in the American Journal of Primatology, reveals how Rhinopithecus strykeri, a species of snub-nosed monkey, has an upturned nose which causes it to sneeze when it rains.