Laotian langur

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Laotian langur[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Trachypithecus
Species group: T. francoisi
Species: T. laotum
Binomial name
Trachypithecus laotum
(Thomas, 1911)
Laotian Langur range

The Laotian langur or white-browed black langur (Trachypithecus laotum) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is endemic to Laos. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2] Genetically the Indochinese black and Hatinh langurs are very close to the Laotian langur, and consequently it has been suggested they should be considered subspecies of it.[3][4]

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 177. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Timmins, R. J. & Boonratana, R. (2008). Trachypithecus laotum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  3. Roos, C. 2004. Molecular evolution and systematics of Vietnamese primates. In: Nadler, T., U. Streicher, and Ha Thang Long (eds). Conservation of Primates in Vietnam: 23-28.
  4. Roos, C., T. Nadler, Y. P. Zhang, H. Zischler. 2001. Molecular evolution and distribution of the superspecies Trachypithecus [francoisi]. Folia Primatol. 72: 181-182.
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