Dusky Leaf Monkey

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Dusky Leaf Monkey[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Trachypithecus
Species: T. obscurus
Binomial name
Trachypithecus obscurus
(Reid, 1837)

The Dusky Leaf Monkey, Spectacled Langur, or Spectacled Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.[2]

There are several subspecies of this lutung:[1]

  • Trachypithecus obscurus obscurus
  • Trachypithecus obscurus flavicauda
  • Trachypithecus obscurus halonifer
  • Trachypithecus obscurus carbo
  • Trachypithecus obscurus styx
  • Trachypithecus obscurus seimundi
  • Trachypithecus obscurus sactorum

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 177. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group (2000). Trachypithecus obscurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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