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Douc Langurs
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Douc Langurs

Pygathrix

The doucs or douc langurs make up the genus Pygathrix. They are colobine Old World monkeys, native to Southeast Asia, consisting of 3 species: red-shanked douc, black-shanked douc, and gray-shanked douc.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Red-shanked Douc Langur

speciesPygathrix nemaeus

Black-shanked Douc Langur

speciesPygathrix nigripes

Grey-shanked Douc Langur

speciesPygathrix cinerea

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Douc Langurs in Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)

Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)

Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.104

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43514.