Pygathrix nemaeus

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Red-shanked Douc

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Tribe : Presbytini
Genus : Pygathrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 587 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945629

Original name as described

Simia Nemaeus

Other common names

Red-shanked Douc Langur · Red-shanked Douc Monkey

Type material

MNHN 26 (= MNHN 71)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Vietnam, "Cochin-China."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000680

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia Nemaeus

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nemaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 26 (= MNHN 71)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945629

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cercopithecus Nemaeus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nemaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872839

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Lasiopyga næmeus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

naemeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207466

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Semnopithecus nemeus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nemeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Semnopithecus nemæus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nemaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Pygathrix nemaeus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nemaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39826/17941247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus nemeus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

nemeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Paris

Cercopithecus naemeus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

naemeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523818

Authority publication

Paris

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