Gray-shanked Douc

Taxobox
name = Gray-shanked Douc
status = CR
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2007 | assessors = Boonratana, R., Le Xuan Canh & Vu Ngoc Thanh | year = 2003 | id = 39827 | title = Pygathrix nemaeus ssp. cinerea | downloaded = 2008-07-21]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Pygathrix"
species = "P. cinerea"
binomial = "Pygathrix cinerea"
binomial_authority = (Nadler, 1997)

The Gray-shanked Douc ("Pygathrix cinerea") is a douc described as a subspecies of "P. nemaeus" in 1997, but later elevated to species status. This species is native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Kon Tum and Gia Lai. The total population is estimated at 600 to 700 individuals.

On July 3, 2007, it was reported that the WWF and Conservation International had monitored at least 116 of the primates in central Vietnam, increasing its chances of survival. [cite web | title = Scientists find endangered monkey in Vietnam | publisher = Yahoo! News | date = July 3, 2007 | url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/sc_nm/vietnam_monkeys_dc | accessdate = 2007-07-03]

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