Dusky leaf monkey

Dusky leaf monkey
Dusky leaf monkey[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Trachypithecus
Species: T. obscurus
Binomial name
Trachypithecus obscurus
(Reid, 1837)
Dusky leaf monkey range
adult male spectacled langur

The dusky leaf monkey, spectacled langur, or spectacled leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.[2]

There are several subspecies of this lutung:[1]

  • Trachypithecus obscurus obscurus
  • Trachypithecus obscurus flavicauda
  • Trachypithecus obscurus halonifer
  • Trachypithecus obscurus carbo
  • Trachypithecus obscurus styx
  • Trachypithecus obscurus seimundi
  • Trachypithecus obscurus sactorum

References

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 177. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100725. 
  2. ^ a b Boonratana, R., Traeholt, C., Brockelmann, W. & Htun, S. (2008). Trachypithecus obscurus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 January 2009.

External links

Data related to Trachypithecus obscurus at Wikispecies Media related to Trachypithecus obscurus at Wikimedia Commons