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The dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus), also known as the spectacled langur or the spectacled leaf monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia , Myanmar and Thailand , [ 2 ] and can occasionally be found in Singapore . [ 3 ]
Trachypithecus (derived from Greek τραχύς, trachýs meaning "rough" and πίθηκος, píthekos meaning "monkey") is a genus of Old World monkeys containing species known as lutungs, langurs, or leaf monkeys.
Presbytis is a genus of Old World monkeys also known as langurs, leaf monkeys, or surilis. Members of the genus live in the Thai-Malay Peninsula , on Sumatra , Borneo , Java and smaller nearby islands.
The Raffles' banded langur (Presbytis femoralis), also known as the banded leaf monkey or banded surili, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Singapore and southern Peninsular Malaysia. [2] The species underwent taxonomic revisions in 2019 and 2020, in which two former subspecies were elevated to separate species.
Miller's langur is a leaf monkey within the family Cercopithecidae and subfamily Colobinae. [2] It was formerly considered a subspecies of Hose's langur, Presbytis hosei (as Presbytis hosei canicrus). [3] [2] [4] [5] It was split from P. hosei on the basis of different morphology by primatologists Colin Groves and Christian Roos. [3] [6]
The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey.It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, as well as in parts of the southwestern Malay Peninsula, the Natuna Islands, and other nearby islands.
Thomas's langur (Presbytis thomasi), also known as the North Sumatran leaf monkey or Thomas's leaf monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to northern Sumatra, Indonesia, [3] not living to the south and east of Lake Toba and the Alas and Wampu rivers. [4] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry ...
François' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi), also known as Francois' leaf monkey, the Tonkin leaf monkey, or the white side-burned black langur [3] is a species of Old World monkey and the type species of its species group. It is one of the least studied of the species belonging to the Colobinae subfamily. [4]