[7] Its face is bare bluish-white skin, pink around the eyes and mouth, and has a shelf-like brow and reduced nasal bones, giving it a snub-nosed appearance.

[6][7] The confirmed distribution range of the gray snub-nosed monkey is limited to the Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve in the Wuling Mountains in Guizhou province, China.

and beech (Fagus longipetiolata), as well as mixed species forests that include cherry (Prunus spp.

[8] Locomotion includes a mix of "quadrupedal walking, climbing, leaping, semi-brachiation (tree-swinging) and occasional full brachiation.

"[6] It feeds on a variety of young leaves, leaf and flower buds, bark, fruits, certain petioles (e.g. Fagus longipetiolata), seeds (e.g. Prunus spp.

[10] Its social structure is based on small groups that band together into larger troops of up to 400 or more individuals, traveling, feeding and sleeping.

[6] There are also all-male bachelor groups of two to five adult or sub-adult males, which typically mill about the periphery of a troop.

[2] Though legally protected, the gray snub-nosed monkey is threatened seriously due to habitat loss from forest clearing, illegal mining, non-targeted hunting, and occasional inadvertent snare trapping.