This macaque was described from Medog in southeastern Tibet, China. White cheek and chin whiskers stand out, and its neck has long, thick hair. The species-description abstract lists records in forests at several elevations.
Pale to white whiskers along the sides of the cheeks and chin create a round-faced appearance. The neck has long, thick hair, and the tail is short and relatively hairless.
The abstract reports photographic and direct observations in tropical forest at 1,395 m, evergreen broadleaf forest at 2,000 m, and mixed broadleaf-conifer forest at 2,700 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.