Francois's langur

Description

The langur or lutung of Francois ( Trachypithecus francoisi ) is a species of primate catarrhine of the family Cercopithecidae;it is the kind species of the genus.It is distributed from southwestern China to northeastern Vietnam.The total number of individuals is unknown,although it is believed that there are less than 500 in Vietnam,and 1,400-1,650 in China.It is difficult to determine the number of individuals,since their population is well distributed,but fragmented and isolated from each other.Almost no monkey population has more than 50 individuals ( IUCN,2008)