In Yunnan, my country, there lives a group of langurs with silver-gray hair and big round eyes. They are Philippine langurs. Because of the lack of pigment around their eyes, they are white around their eyes, and they look like wearing langurs from a distance wide-brimmed glasses. Philippine langurs are also the gentle gentlemen in the monkey world, because they have almost no bad records of destroying crops or other crops. Compared with the group of monkeys in Mount Emei, they are simply judgemental.

Let's go A brief look at the Philippine langur.

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】Philippine langur

【Latin name】Presbytis phayrei

[Alias] Grey Monkey, Long-tailed Monkey, Big Green Monkey, Yigang, Mupu

[Kingdom] Animal Kingdom

[Door] Chordate

[Subphylum] Vertebrate subphylum

[Class] Mammalia

[Order] Primates

[Family] Monkey

[Subfamily] Colobus subfamily

[Family] Langur family

[Genus] Avian langurs

[Species] Philippine langurs

2. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: Philippine langurs have a body length of 55-71 cm and a tail length of 60-80 cm. Weight 5-10kg. Body slender, slender tail.

2. Characteristics: Philippine langurs are covered with silver-gray fur, and the skin around the eyes and mouth is pale due to lack of pigment. The hair on the top of the head is light silver gray, sometimes longer and crowned; the ventral surface is light gray or light white; the larvae are golden yellow. There are long black hairs sticking out between the eyebrows, like long black eyebrows.

Three. Life Habits

1. Habitat: Philippine langurs live in tropical and subtropical dense broad-leaved forests. They are diurnal and arboreal monkeys. They are active in foraging in the morning and evening, and hide at noon. Rest in the shade, mostly in the high-rise forest activities, rarely go to the ground.

2. Feeding habits: Philippine langurs mainly feed on young leaves, flowers and fruits, and sometimes also eat bird eggs or small birds.

IV. Protection level

The Philippine langur is a first-class protected wild animal in China, and was listed in the Red Book of Endangered Animals in China·Beasts. Listed as endangered species.

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