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Across China: Golden monkeys gain weight to survive cold winter - China News


2021-05-04 13:35:38 GMT2021-05-04 21:35:38(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
XI AN, May 4 (Xinhua) Chinese researchers have found golden snub-nosed monkeys, the earth s northernmost distributed leaf-eating primate, deliberately accumulate fat reserves during summer and autumn to combat resource scarcity in winter.
The relevant studies have been published in Ecography and Journal of Animal Ecology as their cover articles.
While over 94 percent of non-human primates dwell in tropical and subtropical areas, the leaf-feeding golden monkeys living in the Qinling Mountains suffer from severe cold and resource stress as leaves are scarce during the long winter.
The monkeys can t rely merely on buds and bark to meet their basic nutritional and energy needs in winter, said Hou Rong, a researcher with the Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation. ....

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