Face recognition tech for golden monkeys under development

Golden snub-nosed monkeys are seen in a cage decorated with lotus lanterns at an amusement and animal park in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea. The monkey face recognition technology aims to establish an identity information database of golden monkeys in the Qinling Mountains by extracting the animals’ facial features. — AFP

XI’AN: Chinese scientists are developing a face recognition technology for golden snub-nosed monkeys, an indigenous species on China’s top protection list living in the Qinling Mountains.

According to a report by Xinhua news agency, the research team, composed of scientists from Northwest University in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, is also the country’s first to systematically study golden monkeys in the wild.