Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Shortridge's langur (Trachypithecus shortridgei), recorded as Endangered
Shortridge's langur (Trachypithecus shortridgei). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Shortridge's langur

Trachypithecus shortridgei

Shortridge's langur, also called Shortridge’s Leaf Monkey, is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Trachypithecus shortridgei, recorded as Endangered and tied to Myanmar, China, and India.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Trachypithecus shortridgei
Recorded from
Myanmar, China, India
CITES
Appendix I
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Cercopithecidae · Trachypithecus

Appearance

Its natural habitat is evergreen and semi-evergreen forests.

Range and habitat

It is threatened by hunting, habitat fragmentation and habitat destruction. The Shortridge's langur is an Old World monkey native to Burma and China.

GBIF currently lists 10 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Shortridge's 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 Shortridge's langur — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q976397 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Delacour's langur

Trachypithecus delacouri
Photograph of White-headed langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

White-headed langur

Trachypithecus leucocephalus
Photograph of White-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

White-headed langur

Trachypithecus poliocephalus
Photograph of Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Dusky leaf monkey

Trachypithecus obscurus

Quick answers

What is Shortridge's langur?
Shortridge's langur, also called Shortridge’s Leaf Monkey, is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae (order Primates) — Trachypithecus shortridgei.
What is the conservation status of Shortridge's langur?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Trachypithecus shortridgei. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Shortridge's langur live?
Its natural habitat is evergreen and semi-evergreen forests.
Why is Shortridge's langur in crisis?
It is threatened by hunting, habitat fragmentation and habitat destruction.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Trachypithecus shortridgei?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Shortridge's langur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.