Endangered
Laotian langur
Trachypithecus laotum
The Laotian langur or white-browed black langur is a the primate family Cercopithecidae that is endemic to Laos in Southeast Asia.
Appearance
The Laotian langur or white-browed black langur is a the primate family Cercopithecidae that is endemic to Laos in Southeast Asia.
Range and habitat
The species is endemic to Laos in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat consists of subtropical or tropical dry forests. Studies in 2021 have indicated that the langur habitats have shrunk due to deforestation and hunting.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Laotian Langurs are primarily herbivorous and the diet consists of leaves, fruits, seeds, and flowers. As they consume a vegetation heavy diet, they often spend long times resting, and socializing.
In crisis
It is classified as endangered in the IUCN Red List.
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Laotian langur is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Laotian langur, Wikidata item Q1206315. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
