Trachypithecus phayrei

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Phayre's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1847. Zoological Department. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16(2):725-737.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126262

Original name as described

Presbytis Phayrei

Other common names

Phayre's Leaf Monkey · Phayre's Leaf-monkey · Shan States Langur

Type material

ZSI 11845

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Burma, Arakan.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · India · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. crepusculus, T. melamera, and populations now attributed to T. popa

Taxonomy notes citation

Liedigk, R., Thinh, V.N., Nadler, T., Walter, L., Roos, C. 2009. Evolutionary history and phylogenetic position of the Indochinese greylangur (Trachypithecus crepusculus). Vietnamese Journal of Primatology, 3:1-8. · Roos, C., Helgen, K. M., Miguez, R. P., Thant, N. M. L., Lwin, N., Lin, A. K., Lin, A., Yi, K. M., Soe, P., Hein, Z. M., Myint, M. N. N., Ahmed, T., Chetry, D., Urh, M., Veatch, E. G., Duncan, N., Kamminga, P., Chua, M. A. H., Yao, L., Matauschek, C., Meyer, D., Liu, Z.-J., Li, M., Nadler, T., Fan, P.-F., Quyet, L. K., Hofreiter, M., Zinner, D., & Momberg, F. (2020). Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species. Zoological Research, 41(6), 656-669.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000711

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.

Presbytis Phayrei

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

phayrei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 11845

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126262

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Semnopithecus holotephreus

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

holotephreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 12230

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124565

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Trachypithecus phayrei

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

phayrei

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 (2008:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/175862145/175862149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachypithecus phayrei phayrei

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

phayrei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Presbytis Barbei

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

barbei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534726

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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