Cat Ba Langur or Golden-headed Langur or White-headed Langur

IUCN CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR)

 

Facts about this animal

Golden-headed langurs reach a head-body length of 50-60 cm and a body-weight of 15-20 kg. The tail length ranges from 82-89 cm. Like other langur species, they have slim hands and feet and reduced thumbs, a sacculated stomach to assist in the breakdown of cellulose and large salivary glands to assist it in breaking down food. The fur colour ranges from bright golden to yellowish-white on the head, shoulders, and rump, the back is dark chocolate brown, almost black, and there is a grey band running from the thighs to the back, forming a V-shape above the tail root. The long hair of the back forms a shoulder cape. The fur colour of infants is a flamboyant orange.

 

Golden-headed langurs are social, diurnal and arboreal. An average social group comprises 4 to 5 animals. They live in forests around limestone formations, at an elevation from 70-100 meters, and regularly sleep in caves throughout the year. One langur group may have up to 12 different resting caves. The group spends only one or two nights in the same cave before moving on to other feeding and sleeping places.

 

The golden-headed langur gives birth to a single offspring. The breeding season of this species is probably in April.

 

The diet of the golden-headed langur mainly consists of leaves, but also includes fresh shoots, flowers, bark and some fruits that are not palatable to human beings. Most of the langur’s food has very high concentration of fibre and tannic acids, and it often contains substances that would be poisonous to other animals, including human beings.

 

 

How this animal should be transported

For air transport, Container Note 31 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.

 

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