- Laotian Langur
Taxobox
name = Laotian LangurMSW3 Groves | pages = 177]
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Eudey, A. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group | year = 2000 | id = 22044 | title = Trachypithecus laotum | downloaded =2007-07-29 ]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Primates
familia =Cercopithecidae
genus = "Trachypithecus "
species = "T. laotum"
binomial = "Trachypithecus laotum"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1911)
synonyms =The Laotian Langur or White-browed Black Langur ("Trachypithecus laotum") is a species of
primate in theCercopithecidae family. It is endemic toLaos . Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.Genetically the Indochinese Black andHatinh Langur s are very close to the Laotian Langur, and consequently it has been suggested they should be consideredsubspecies of it.Roos, C. 2004. "Molecular evolution and systematics of Vietnamese primates." In: Nadler, T., U. Streicher, and Ha Thang Long (eds). Conservation of Primates in Vietnam: 23-28.] Roos, C., T. Nadler, Y. P. Zhang, H. Zischler. 2001. "Molecular evolution and distribution of the superspecies Trachypithecus [francoisi] ." Folia Primatol. 72: 181-182.]References
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