Red-shanked Douc Langur Pygathrix nemaeus
Critically Endangered
If you have never seen the Red-shanked Douc Langur, you are in for a real treat.
These vividly coloured creatures have a fairytale quality. They thrive in lush forests, from lowlands to mountainous regions, and even limestone habitats. However, they are facing imminent threats to their existence – hunting and palm oil deforestation.
Vividly coloured and with a Zen-like calmness, Red-shanked Douc Langurs are critically endangered by #palmoil and other #deforestation along with #hunting throughout their range. Help them and be #vegan #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
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By boycotting palm oil and embracing a vegan lifestyle, you’re not just helping them, but also our planet. The palm oil industry and meat industry directly and indirectly causes tropical deforestation, destroying the homes of countless animals, including the Red-shanked Douc Langur.
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Habitat loss has also been a major threat in Vietnam with extensive logging for coffee, rubber, and cashew plantations (Nadler et al. 2004), and in Lao PDR where logging is underway at an increasing rate for mining, agriculture, forestry and hydropower projects, mostly by large Chinese and Vietnamese companies (Smirnov 2015). Habitat loss and fragmentation have led to an increase in access to remote forests for illegal hunting of the species, contributing to the alarming declines of the global population.
Conservation efforts for this species of langur are underway
Habitat loss has also been a major threat in Vietnam with extensive logging for coffee, rubber, and cashew plantations (Nadler et al. 2004), and in Lao PDR where logging is underway at an increasing rate.
IUCN Red List
Further Information
Coudrat, C.N.Z., Quyet, L.K., Duc, H., Phiaphalath, P., Rawson, B.M., Nadler, T., Ulibarri, L. & Duckworth, J.W. 2020. Pygathrix nemaeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T39826A17941247. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39826A17941247.en. Downloaded on 25 January 2021.
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