- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPrimates
- ›familyCercopithecidae
- ›genusTrachypithecus
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Shan Langur
Trachypithecus melamerus (Elliot, 1909)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: Formerly listed as T. phayrei shanicus but now elevated to a full species (Roos et al. 2020) and currently listed as endangered by the IUCN.
Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist
distribution
Distribution: Southwest China and East Myanmar (Shan State between the Ayeyarwaddy and Thanlwin rivers, with the Southwestern limit probably extending into the Kayah-Karen (Kayin) Mountains; Roos et al. 2020).
Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist
conservation
Conservation status: Currently listed as Endangered (Bleisch et al., 2008 b), but reassessment required.
Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species
distribution
Distribution: East Myanmar (Shan States) and Southwest China (West Yunnan), between the Ayeyarwaddy and Thanlwin rivers, with the southwestern limit probably extending into the Kayah-Karen Mountains (Figure 5).
Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Trachypithecus melamerus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10807585.