Banded langur  (Presbytis femoralis)

Banded langurs sitting alert in branches
Banded langurs sitting alert in branches
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Facts

Also known as:banded surili and banded leaf monkey
Previously known as:Presbytis australis, Presbytis keatii and Presbytis neglectus
Kingdom Animalis
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Cercopithecidae
Genus Presbytis (1)

Status

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2). Subspecies: Presbytis femoralis femoralis classified as Vulnerable (VU), Presbytis femoralis percura classified as Data Deficient (DD) and Presbytis femoralis robinsoni classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Description

Information on the banded langur is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

Glossary

Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (November, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. CITES (November, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org