Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri)

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Range

Endemic to north-central Vietnam (4).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

This arboreal langur lives in tropical forests around limestone cliffs (known as karst forest) (1) (7). While occupying trees during the day, Delacour's langur will usually come down to the ground at night to sleep in the caves of limestone cliffs (7).