Phayre's Leaf Monkey
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| Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) |
Phayre's Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), also known as Phayre's Langur, is a species of Langur found in Southeast Asia.
The species used to be earlier called Presbytis phayrei. The distribution includes Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
They are mostly arboreal and feed on leaves of a large number of tree species. A study in Tripura, India found the principal food tree species to be Albizzia procera, Melocanna bambusoides, Callicarpa arborea, Dillenia pentagyna, Litsea sp., Albizzia lebbek, Mikania scandens, Gmelina arborea, Artocarpus chaplasha, Syzygium fruticosum, Ficus fistulosa, Ficus racemosa, Ficus hispida, Ficus indica. Macaranga denticulata and Albizzia stipulata.[2]
There are three accepted subspecies of this lutung:[1]
- Trachypithecus phayrei phayrei
- Trachypithecus phayrei crepusculus
- Trachypithecus phayrei shanicus
[edit] References
- ^ 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, 178. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Gupta, A. K. (2005) Dietary differences between two groups of Phayre's Langur Trachypithecus phayrei in Tripura, India: Responses to food abundance and human disturbance. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 102(1):3-9
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