Mammals of the WorldDusky Langur
Trachypithecus obscurus
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Trachypithecus
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- Myanmar|Thailand|Malaysia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Spectacled Leaf Monkey|Dusky Leaf Monkey|Dusky Leaf-monkey|Spectacled Langur|Creamy-tailed Dusky Langur|Blond-tailed Langur|Cantor's Langur|Cantor's Dusky Langur|Koh Pennan Dusky Langur|Phangan Langur|Perhentian Langur|Perhentian Island Dusky Langur|Reid's Dusky Langur|St. Matthew Island Dusky Langur|Zadetkyi Kyun Langur|Terutau Island Dusky Langur|Tarutao Langur
About this species
- Diet
- Leaves and fruit
- Habitat
- Tropical forest
- Range
- Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand; occasionally Singapore
The dusky leaf monkey, also known as the spectacled langur or spectacled leaf monkey, is a primate found in Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, and occasionally in Singapore. By day these small, leaf-eating monkeys divide into sub-groups and forage for vegetation and fruit throughout tropical forests (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its numbers are declining because of habitat loss, poaching and land use change (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)