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Evolutionary Distribution Changes of Sichuan Golden Monkeys ( Rhinopithecus roxellana ) in the Quaternary

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Retrospective reconstruction of animals' evolutionary development and geographic changes in recent history, as well as monitoring contemporary conservation status, are critical to amending existing conservation strategies. This study presents an innovative effort, as demonstrated by the Sichuan golden monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in China. We studied their fossil distribution patterns during the Pleistocene, explored historical distribution changes over the last 400 years, and surveyed 27 nature reserves where they dwell. The results indicate that this species successfully dispersed from Southwest China to the rest of the mainland of East Asia along the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers, reaching Taiwan during the Pleistocene, which marked the broadest geographic distribution in its evolutionary history. Unfortunately, its population began to shrink during the Holocene, leaving it currently restricted to the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Hubei in China. Accordingly, we proposed four conservation strategies to amend its conservation status.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72036
Authors: Hao Pan, Kang Huang, Jing Wang, Chengrui Song, Felix Guo, Xiao Zhang, Zhengfeng Hu, He Zhang, Kexin Ji, Shujun He, Songtao Guo, Dayong Li, Wenyong Tian, Haitao Zhao, Jianbing Yue, Ruliang Pan, Zhihua Zhou, Gang He, Baoguo Li
Institutions: Northwest University, Dali University, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, China West Normal University, State Forestry and Grassland Administration, The University of Western Australia, Yan'an University
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,570
Funders: University of Oxford, University of Western Australia, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Central South University, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Key Research and Development Projects of Shaanxi Province
Awards: G1749300795, G1785075538, G3238907820, G4561605060, G4792949507, G673633350, G7954591529, G8584103533, G8980296787
OpenAlex ID: W4413939610
FWCI: 1.138
Cites: 55
Cited by: 1
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