Red-shanked Douc Langur

Red-shanked douc langurs are vegetarians. In the wild these animals primarily consume the foliage of a variety of rain forest trees preferring young leaf shoots.

Douc langur, red-shanked douc langur
Pygathrix nemaeus
These langurs live in the forests of Asia, but are at risk of becoming extinct.
Subspecies
None.

The red-shanked Douc langur (P.n. nemaeus) is one of five colobine monkey species found only in Vietnam and Laos. The distribution of the Douc langur is from Nghe An Province in the north to Tay Ninh Province in the south (500-1000m altitude).

There are three species, or kinds, of Douc Langurs: the Red-shanked Douc Langur and the Black-shanked Douc Langur.

(Other Names: Cochin China Monkey; Cochin China, Douc, Red-shanked or Red-shanked Douc Langur; Douc; Douc or Red-shanked Douc Monkey; Langur Douc; Mono Pigatrix; Rhinopithèque Douc)
Pygathrix nemaeus
Status: Endangered ...

See also: Langur, Douc langur, Monkey, Rhino, Colobus