有关怒江金丝猴的研究尚属于空白。2013年9月怒江州高黎贡山国家级自然保护区姚家坪管理站,收容并笼养了1只2岁左右的雌性怒江金丝猴。统计分析2013年9月至2014年9月间,该怒江金丝猴日行为活动时间分配、食物投放情况和笼养效果等结果。投喂食物主要为保护区内的野生植物,通过观察和记录,目前掌握了该猴子取食的23种物种以及取食部位。日行为时间分配为:61%休息,15%取食,15%移动,7%理毛,2%玩耍。不同时段行为类型分析显示:该金丝猴早取食高峰明显,同时也存在移动和休息高峰。存在地面活动行为,占日活动时间的5.8%,地面活动的主要行为类型为取食。
There is little research of the Nujiang golden monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri). In September 2013, Yaojiaping Management Station of Gaoligong Mountains Nature Reserve took in a 2-year-old female Nujiang golden monkey. This study analyzes the Nuijiang golden monkey's time budget, diet and the effect of captivity form September 2013 to September 2014. Based on the observation and recordings, the diet for the monkey mainly are the wild plants in reserve areas, and 23 plants and the parts have been identified. The daily time budget are:61%of time is for resting, 15%for eating, 15%for feeding, 7%for combing and 2%for playing. The analysis of action types in different periods shows that this golden monkey has a feeding peak and a moving peak in the morning and a resting peak in the afternoon. It is also found that the time of ground activities exits and is about 5.8%of the daily activity time budget and the main thing the monkey does on the ground is feeding.