New snub-nosed monkey discovered in Northern Myanmar

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 06:30 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...

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