IUCN STATUS: Near threatened
Trachypithecus obscurus
Also known as the spectacled leaf monkey, dusky langurs are found in southern Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. They have large white coloured circles around their eyes and white coloured patches of fur around their mouth.
They specialise in eating leaves and are capable of consuming 2kg of food every day. They have a specialised stomach that can breakdown cellulose, found in plant cell walls.
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