Pygathrix nemaeus

(Linnaeus, 1771)

Red-shanked Douc

Frontal view of sitting adult male.  Also as Red-shanked Douc Langur|Red-shanked Douc Monkey.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Jul 20, 1997

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1875

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.

Original name as described

Simia Nemaeus

Other common names

Red-shanked Douc Langur · Red-shanked Douc Monkey

Type material

MNHN:type:9 (= 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

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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.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

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