Trachypithecus leucocephalus

Tan Bangjie, 1957

White-headed Langur

Sitting on railing, most of tail visible; formerly Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus. Also as White-headed Black Langur.
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Location:China, Yunnan province, Kunming ZooDate taken:UnknownDescription:Sitting on railing, most of tail visible; formerly Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus. Also as White-headed Black Langur.

Distribution :

Guangxi (China)

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Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Catarrhini
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Tribe: Presbytini
Genus: Trachypithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tan, B.-j. 1957. Rare catches by Chinese animal collectors. Zoo Life 12:61-63.

Original name as described

Trachypithecus (Presbytis) leucocephalus

Other common names

White-headed Black Langur

Type material

figured specimen

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Fusui County, Guangxi, China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from T. poliocephalus

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. 2007. Speciation and biogeography of Vietnam's primates. Vietnamese Journal of Primatology 1:27-40. a#72044

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000707

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Trachypithecus (Presbytis) leucocephalus

Tan Bangjie, 1957

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucocephalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

figured specimen

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

a small district around Fusui country

Type locality

China: Guangxi: 22°35′N, 107°57′E.

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Zoo Life

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Roos, Boonratana, Supriatna, Fellowes, Groves, Nash, Rylands & Mittermeier (2014:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20030)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Roos, Helgen, Portela Miguez, Naw May Lay Thant, Ngwe Lwin, Aung Ko Lin, Aung Lin, Khin Mar Yi, Paing Soe, Zin Mar Hein, Margaret Nyein Nyein Myint, Ahmed, Chetry, Urh, Veatch, Duncan, Kamminga, Chua, Yao, Matauschek, Meyer, Liu, Li, Nadler, Fan, Quyet, Hofreiter, Zinner & Momberg (2020:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50580)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39872/17988378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Trachypithecus poliocephalus leucocephalus:

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, T. Geissmann, Groves, D. J. Melnick, J. C. Morales, Shekelle, & C.-B. Stewart, 2004

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

leucocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Brandon-Jones, Eudey, Geissmann, Groves, Melnick, Morales, Shekelle & Stewart (2004:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5237)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Smith & Xie (2008:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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