- Black-shanked Douc
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status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2007 | assessors = Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | id = 39828 | title = Pygathrix nigripes | downloaded =2008-07-21 ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Primate s
familia =Cercopithecidae
genus = "Pygathrix "
species = "P. nigripes"
binomial = "Pygathrix nigripes"The Black-shanked Douc ("Pygathrix nigripes ") is an endangered
species ofdouc found in forests ofVietnam andCambodia . It is unique among the doucs in having a largely greyish-blue face. [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Pygathrix_nigripes/ Black-shanked douc (Pygathrix nigripes).] ARKive. Accessed2008-07-21 ] A recent report by theWildlife Conservation Society counted 42,000 black-shanked douc langurs in Cambodia’s Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area. Prior to the recent discovery in the Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, the largest known populations were believed to be in adjacent Vietnam, where black-shanked douc langurs hover at 600. The total population of the species remains unknown. [ [http://newswise.com/articles/view/543861/ Unexpected Large Monkey Population Discovered] Newswise, Retrieved onAugust 28 ,2008 .]References
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