New groups of endangered langurs found in central Vietnam
By Nguyen Dong January 15, 2021 | 11:00 am GMT+7
A red-shanked douc langur appears at Ba Na - Nui Chua Nature Reserve in central Da Nang City, January 2021. Photo by the reserve rangers.
Rangers at the Ba Na – Nui Chua Nature Reserve forest have detected three new groups of red-shanked douc langurs in the first weeks of 2021.
The groups of five-six members each were spotted in the reserve that lies on the border of Quang Nam Province and Da Nang City, said Tran Viet Phuong, head of the Da Nang Forest Protection Department.
Dubbed the queen of primates thanks to their distinctive and unique appearance, the red-shanked douc langurs are identified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and listed in Vietnam’s Red Book of rare animals that must be protected.