The Annamese langur (''Trachypithecus margarita'')
is an
Old World monkey
Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...
from the
Colobinae
The Colobinae or leaf-eating monkeys are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs. Some classifications spli ...
subfamily. It was formerly considered a subspecies of ''
Trachypithecus germaini'' until it was elevated to a separate species by Roos and
Groves in 2008.
Its fur is lighter in colour than that of ''Trachypithecus germaini''.
[ Its range includes parts of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.][
]
References
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Trachypithecus
Mammals of Cambodia
Mammals of Laos
Mammals of Vietnam
Mammals described in 1909
Taxa named by Daniel Giraud Elliot