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Javan langur

Order : Primates
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Colobinae
Species : Trachypithecus auratus

 

The Ebony leaf monkey, javan langur is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Javan langur

Groves (2001) is followed here but it seems very probable that Trachypithecus auratus is mono-typic. (Full text)

ConservationJavan Langurs are very rarely seen in zoos; they have been kept at Howletts since 1984, and we are proud to say that over 100 have been bred here, some of them third-generation Howletts-born animals. (Full text)

Our population of nearly 40 Javan langurs (Trachypithecus auratus) is now divided between Howletts and Port Lympne, with each collection holding three groups. (Full text)