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This is a list of the mammal species of Vietnam. There are at least 290 mammal species in the country. [1] ... Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) Genus: Macaca.
The rich diversity of Vietnam's wildlife includes 11,400 species of vascular plants, 1030 species of moss, 310 species of mammals, 296 reptile species, 162 amphibian species, 700 freshwater species of fish and 2000 species of marine fish. [3] There are about 889 species of birds [4] and over 850 species of land mollusks. [5]
Binomial name. Pygathrix nemaeus. (Linnaeus, 1771) Red-shanked douc range. The red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is an arboreal and diurnal Old World monkey belonging to the Colobinae subfamily. They are endemic to Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. They are known for their bright colors and exhibit sexual dimorphism through their body size.
T. delacouri[1] Binomial name. Trachypithecus delacouri[1] (Osgood, 1911) Delacour's langur range. Delacour's langur or Delacour's lutung (Trachypithecus delacouri) is a critically endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to northern Vietnam. [1] It is named for French-American ornithologist Jean Théodore Delacour.
The northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) is a vulnerable species of macaque in the subfamily Cercopithecidae. [ 3 ] It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, M. leonina was considered a subspecies of the southern pig-tailed macaque (M. nemestrina), but is now classified as an ...
The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey or Dollman's snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) is a slender-bodied arboreal Old World monkey endemic to northern Vietnam. It has black and white fur, a pink nose and lips, and blue patches around the eyes. It is found at elevations from 200 to 1,200 m (700 to 3,900 ft) on fragmentary patches of forest on ...
Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) A type of leaf-eating langur that has an unusually long and bushy tail with white hips. It is also one of the most endangered primates in the world. Only about 300 Delacour's langurs are alive today, and experts fear they could be completely extinct if the current rate of decline continues.
Hatinh langur. The Hatinh langur (Trachypithecus hatinhensis) [3] is a highly threatened Old World monkey found in limestone forests in Vietnam, primarily in the Quảng Bình Province. A recent survey discovered a small population living in the Quảng Trị Province. Contrary to its name, it is not known from the Hà Tĩnh Province.