Red-Shanked Douc Langur Skull

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Red-shanked Douc Langur Skull measures 3.9 inches. Red-shanked Douc Langur Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Scientific name is Phygothrix nemaeus. California Academy of Sciences Specimen. Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home decor skull, or office decor skull.

The Red-shanked Douc langur or Phygothrix nemaeus make up the genus Pygathrix. They are Colobine Old World monkeys, native to Southeast Asia.

The Red-shanked douc langur or Pygathrix nemaeus is an arboreal and diurnal Old World monkey belonging to the Colobinae subfamily. They are endemic to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

They are known for their bright colors and express exhibit sexual dimorphism through their body size. The species have been declared critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with the main threats being from hunting, habitat loss and the pet trade.

Red-shanked douc langur or Phygothrix nemaeus live in fission-fusion, multilevel societies that have a mean of 18 individuals per band. They are folivorous and consume mainly Acacia pruinescens, Ficus racemosa, Millettia nigrescens, Zanthoxylum avicennae and Castanopsis ceratacantha.

The red-shanked douc langur is native to Indochina; Vietnam, southern Laos and possibly northeastern Cambodia, east of the Mekong river.

They have agouti hair on their crown, temples, inner thighs, ventral coat, nape of the neck, back, triceps and lateral sides of their arms. Their crown is silver, their temples are red hair and their foreheads are black. They have white whiskers that are approximately 12 cm long for adult males. Their eyes have a high axis. The fur on their cheeks and on their throat is white.

The red-shanked douc langur or Phygothrix nemaeus characteristically has bright maroon legs and reddish patches around the eyes. In contrast, the grey-shanked douc is less vibrant, with speckled grey legs and orange markings on the face. Both have dappled grey bodies, black hands and feet and white cheeks, although the cheek hairs of the red-shanked douc are much longer.

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