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Red-shanked douc moving in a tree. In captivity, red-shanked doucs use brachiation for almost half of their locomotion whereas, in the wild, arm-swinging accounts for an average of 18% of locomotion. Juveniles use arm-swinging the most (34.3%), followed by subadults (21.7%), adult females (17.6%), adult females carrying infants (15.5%), and ...
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.
The red-shanked douc characteristically has bright maroon legs and reddish patches around the eyes. In contrast, the grey-shanked douc is less vibrant, with speckled grey legs and orange markings on the face. Both have dappled grey bodies, black hands and feet and white cheeks, although the cheek hairs of the red-shanked douc are much longer.
They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti (baleen whales) Family: Eschrichtiidae. Genus: Eschrichtius. Western gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus CR [22]
A striking pair of red-shanked douc langurs are seen mating in the forests of the Sơn Trà peninsula in Vietnam. Known for their bright red ‘stockings’, these primates are found only in ...
The red-shanked douc is a species of Old World monkey native to Indochina which lives in the forests of Vietnam, southern Laos and possibly northeastern Cambodia. It is threatened by residential and commercial development. [2]
The Endangered red-shanked douc langur at EPRC Vietnam. There are around 180 animals at EPRC Vietnam and this number fluctuates over time due to release, or death of animals. Some animals born at EPRC Vietnam are the first of their species to be bred successfully in captivity such as the Catba langur, Delacour's langur and Gray-shanked douc ...
Niger Delta red colobus; Preuss's red colobus; Miss Waldron's red colobus; Sarawak surili; Red-shanked douc; Gray-shanked douc; Black-shanked douc; Tonkin snub-nosed monkey; Myanmar snub-nosed monkey; Pig-tailed langur; Delacour's langur; Cat Ba langur; White-headed langur; Popa langur