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Endangered monkeys of Vietnam<\/h1><\/span>
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Some populations are literally eaten by humans.<\/h2><\/span>
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Introduction<\/h2><\/span>
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I am on the road with a scooter on the Vietnamese peninsula Son Tra. Out of the blue I discover a small family of red-shanked doucs (Pygathrix nemaeus) \u2013 a wonderful piece of luck.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

In the treetops they put appreciatively one by one leaf into theirs mouth. But after some minutes they are tired of me and decide on going. Firstly it goes from tree to tree, but then forest comes at a scarp to an abrupt end and proceeds only after some metres markedly deeper. The male takes a run-up and jumps. Calm, with ahead strechted arms he hurtles through the air and touches down safe on the next tree. Now is the junior next. Also he takes a run-up and jumps. On the contrary, he flails in the air with arms and legs and snatches only just the next branchlet …\n<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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After wars and the political isolation for decades inhibited research, primates of Indochina came into focus of scientists not until the early 90s.<\/p>\n

In the meantime 25 monkey species are described in Vietnam. Some were believed to be already extinct and were retrieved not until the last twenty years.<\/p>\n

So for example the extreme rare Delacour’s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri<\/i>), which was rediscovered 1992 on an expedition under the control of J\u00f6rg Adler – director of the Allwetterzoo – in the rugged karst rainforest of Cuc Phuong National Park. Likewise 1992 was rediscovered the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus<\/i>), which admittedly already 1912 in North Vietnam described, but since then was studied only on the basis of taxidermied museum specimens.<\/p>\n

By now were numerous population researches performed and more detailed knowledge about endangerment situation and biotope collected.<\/p>\n

Although quite recently found again, several species are again right before extinction. Seven species are regarded as ‚Critically Endangered‘, nine as ‚Endangered‘.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Primates of Vietnam<\/h2><\/span>
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With in total 25 taxa (species and subspecies) Vietnam has the highest number of primate taxa of the countries located on the Southeast Asian mainland. Nevertheless this diversity of species is severely endangered: . Five of the species are endemic to Vietnam, and they are also listed among the 25 world\u2019s most endangered primates. The IUCN Red List lists 7 taxa as ‚Critically Endangered‘, 9 taxa as ‚Endangered‘, 7 taxa as ‚Vulnerable‘ and only 2 taxa as ‚Least Concern‘.<\/p>\n

Following I present these 25 species:<\/p>\n

Lori<\/h2>\n

Lorises are nocturnal and tree dwelling primates. They are relatively small and slow moving. During the day they sleep rolled up to a ball in dense vegetation und during the night they search for food. They feed mainly on insects and fruits. Due to their nocturnality is only few known about their living, distribution and endangerment. Two species of lorises are found in Vietnam:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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