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[Original] How much do you know about the highly recognizable crested langur?

2022-02-28 / 116 Read

The appearance of the crested langur is quite special. Its head, crested hair, neck and upper shoulders are all white, just like wearing a white hood. The limbs and tail will also be mixed with some white, and the rest are black . In addition to understanding its appearance, let's take a look at its other features. Please look down~

Identify

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】White-headed langur crowned langur

【Latin name】Presbytispilata

【 Aliases: Mosaic langur, white langur, white-headed black ape

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Door】Chordates

【Subdoor】Vertebral Zodiac

[Class] Mammalia

[Order] Primates

[Family] Monkey family

[Genus] Langur Genus

II. Main distribution

The crested langur is mainly distributed in the narrow triangle area between Zuojiang and Mingjiang in Guangxi.

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Three , Habits

1. Habitat

The crested langur mainly lives in the subtropical karst area with lush vegetation in southern Guangxi, and usually appears on tall and steep peaks, cliffs cliffs and rock caves.

2. Dietary habits

Crowned langurs are herbivores and mainly eat some leaves, buds, wild flowers and wild fruits.

4. Discrimination between males and females

The main way to distinguish males and females of crested langurs is to see if there is a slightly triangular shape from the genital area to the inner side of the groin. Flower white spots. If there is, it is female, otherwise it is male.

V. Population Status

Due to the narrow distribution area and scarce resources of the langurs, the total number of wild langurs is only about 600, and it has been listed as a national It is a first-class protected animal, and is also listed as an endangered species in the China Red Book of Endangered Animals.

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