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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is a species of leaf monkey found on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia
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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].threatStatus: NEAR_THREATENED
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