"The species is spread over a small area," says Wu Hai-yin, "so small that it barely occupies a dot on a world map." Its being a species unique to Taiwan was a major reason it was placed on the protected species list. Though numerous here, there's no backup population anywhere else.
「它其實只分佈在一個小到世界地圖上幾乎不存在的點上」，吳海音說，過去將獼猴列入保育種類，更重要的原因是它是台灣特有亞種。