Dusky Leaf Monkey
Trachypithecus obscurus
Also known as: Dusky Leaf-monkey · Dusky Langur · Spectacled Langur · Spectacled Leaf Monkey · Spectactled Langur · Terutau Island Dusky Langur
Mammalia
ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 20-25 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Troop
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live birth
- Defense
- Group defense
- Status
- Endangered
About
A slender, grey-furred leaf monkey of Southeast Asian forests, instantly recognizable by the pale rings of bare skin around its eyes that give it a permanently startled expression. Newborns are strikingly bright orange, fading to adult grey over several months.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Cercopithecidae
- Genus
- Trachypithecus
- Species
- Trachypithecus obscurus