Trachypithecus leucocephalus

Tan Bangjie, 1957

White-headed Langur

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 : Trachypithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tan, B.-j. 1957. Rare catches by Chinese animal collectors. Zoo Life 12:61-63.

Original name as described

Trachypithecus (Presbytis) leucocephalus

Other common names

White-headed Black Langur

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Fusui County, Guangxi, China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from T. poliocephalus

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. Speciation and biogeography of Vietnam's primates. Vietnamese Journal of Primatology 1: 27-40.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000707

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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.

Trachypithecus (Presbytis) leucocephalus

Tan Bangjie, 1957

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucocephalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Zoo Life

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39872/17988378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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