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The doucs or douc langurs make up the genus Pygathrix. They are colobine Old World monkeys , native to Southeast Asia , which consists of these 3 species: red-shanked douc , black-shanked douc , and gray-shanked douc .
This monkey communicates using facial expressions. It has a specific "play face" with the mouth open, teeth partially bared and chin thrust forward. [citation needed] Sometimes, it closes its eyes and paws blindly towards another douc without regard for the hazards of doing so when up a tree. [citation needed] A fixed stare is a threat display ...
The grey-shanked douc langur is listed on the IUCN Red List as critically endangered. [13] Hunting has been a major problem for grey-shanked doucs. They are hunted for bush meat and for traditional medicine purposes. Their bones are used to make a substance called "monkey bone balm" which is thought to improve hemoglobin regeneration and renal ...
Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, drill, surili , patas, and proboscis monkey.
Red-shanked douc langurs in Vietnam. Ivan Ivanek/Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Red-shanked douc langurs — critically endangered primates only found in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia — are ...
Like all douc species, the black-shanked douc is an arboreal species that moves around quadrupedally and through brachiation as locomotion. [8] It is mostly found in the middle to upper forest canopy for most of the time. [10] The range of elevation of the terrain where they have been seen goes from sea level to 1500 meters.
Semnopithecus is a genus of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent, with all species with the exception of two being commonly known as gray langurs. [1] Traditionally only the species Semnopithecus entellus was recognized, but since about 2001 additional species have been recognized. The taxonomy has been in flux, but currently ...
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...