Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several medium-sized leaf-eating monkeys of the genus Pygathrix of Southeast Asia, having a light-colored face surrounded by a long fringe of white hair, a dark cap, long legs, and a long tail.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the old-world catarrhine monkeys of the genus Semnopithecus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A monkey (
Semnopithecus nemæus ), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species of
colobine Old World monkey , making up thegenus Pygathrix
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Friday, October 17, 2008 at 02: 28 PM une branche de douce-amere pour ta douc-e mere
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Prior to the recent discovery in the Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, the largest known populations were believed to be in adjacent Vietnam, where black-shanked douc langurs and yellow-cheeked crested gibbons hover at 600 and 200 respectively.
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The report counted 42,000 black-shanked douc langurs along with 2,500 yellow-cheeked crested gibbons in Cambodia's Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, an estimate that represents the largest known populations for both species in the world.
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The douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus, EN) is a primate species found in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
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The douc langur and the murid Maxomys moi are near endemics, whereas the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale murina) is endemic (Table 1).
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Nevertheless, it still harbors several mammals and birds of conservation significance, including the Owston's banded civet (Hemigalus owstoni), white-cheeked gibbon (Hylobates leucogenys), red-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus), and Francois's leaf monkey (Semnopithecus francoisi).
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Friday, October 17, 2008 at 02:28 PM une branche de douce-amere pour ta douc-e mere
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There are several large mammals of conservation significance in this ecoregion, including the endangered douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus), red-cheeked gibbon (Hylobates gabriellae), and pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) and potentially the tiger (Panthera tigris).
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A new subspecies of douc langur, Pygathrix nemaeus cinereus ssp. nov.
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Onkeo Khamphavongsa, another tracker, describes the joy of waking to gibbons singing every morning or encountering groups of doucs — a type of monkey — 10 to 40 strong.
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