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Selangor silvered langur

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The Selangor silvered langur, Trachypithecus selangorensis, is a leaf monkey found on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It had been considered a form of the silvery lutung until Roos and colleagues raised the population to subspecies rank in 2008, and primatologists have since regarded it as a separate species. It has a gray body with a black face and black hands and feet; the type specimen had a head and body length of 50.6 cm and a tail of 70.4 cm. It differs from the silvery lutung in having long, straight whiskers rather than mussel-shaped ones, and the two differ genetically. Infants are born bright orange with white faces, hands and feet and take on adult colouring over the first 3 to 5 months, and all group members help care for them. The English Wikipedia list of Old World monkeys records it as near threatened.

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Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Ecotourism and Research 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 2
Body Size Band
Medium 1
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Cercopithecidae, Taxa
Source Selangor silvered langur (Wikipedia)

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Riparian Zone, Biomes
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Source Selangor silvered langur (Wikipedia)Lead
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is a species of leaf monkey found on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia
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1. Selangor silvered langur (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    is a species of leaf monkey found on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia
  • Distribution
    It is arboreal and prefers mangrove and riparian forests, but is also sometimes found on plantations.
  • Distribution, relationship to people
    feeding the Selangor silvered langurs is a popular tourist activity
  • Distribution, diet
    It eats mostly leaves, but also fruit, seeds, flowers
  • Description
    average weight of 5.7 kilograms (13 lb) for females
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2. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species record for Selangor silvered langur
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Distributions, IUCN Red List
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[2].threatStatus: NEAR_THREATENED
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