Today I bring you an introduction to the Burmese black langur, a monkey mainly distributed in Burma and Thailand. Their numbers are very rare, and they are endangered regionally in China. Let's introduce the Burmese black langur in detail~

I. Basic information

[Chinese name] Burmese black langur

[Latin name] Scientific name: Trachypithecus barbei

[English name] Tenasserim Lutung, Barbe's Langur

[Kingdom] Animalia

[Door] Chordate

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

【Class】Mammalia

【Subclass】Ornithidae

【Order】Primates

【Family】Monkey family

【Genus】Lanuridae

【Species】Myanmar langurs

【Name and time ]Blyth, 1847

II. Morphological characteristics

The body length of the Burmese black langur is 52-62 cm and the weight is 6-9 kg. Their backs are brown, almost black, their legs and tails are a dull black-grey, with no black at the tips, and their belly is pale. Female Burmese langurs have asymmetrical white patches on the inner thigh skin. They have sparse white hairs on the upper lip and black hairs on the lower lip, the lips are bluish-black, and their faces have a mild violet color.

III. Living habits

Burmese black langurs are arboreal animals, they like to live in groups and live in small groups, each group is generally 3-10 Only. They usually move and feed on the upper layers of trees, and rarely go to the ground. They have certain activity patterns and relatively fixed residences, and their activity range is about 3-5 square kilometers. They generally forage in the morning and afternoon, rest at noon, and sleep in trees or in caves at night.

IV. Distribution range

The Burmese black langur is mainly distributed in a small area on the border of Myanmar and Thailand, and there are also a few records in Yunnan, my country.

V. Protection level

The number of Burmese black langurs is very rare, they are endangered in China, they are listed in the World Conservation Union of Nature (IUCN) 2008 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Data Deficient (DD).

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