Douc Langurs (Pygathrix spp.) Fact Sheet: Distribution & Habitat

• Thirteen primate species inhabit Vietnam.
  • Seven are endangered.
  • Pygathrix nemaeus one of the most endangered.
  • The red-shanked Douc langur (P. n. nemaeus) is one of five colobine monkey species found only in Vietnam and Laos.
• The distribution of the Douc langur is from Nghe An Province in the north to Tay Ninh Province in the south (500-1000m altitude).
• Little information about status in Laos but estimated in the thousands (Duckworth, personal communication to Nadler).
  • Numbers are much higher than those for Vietnam.
• The black-shanked douc (P. n. nigripes) is found in southern Vietnam and Cambodia.
  • Da Lat/Di Linh Plateau in South Vietnam is the center of its distribution.
• The grey-shanked douc (P. n.cinereus) is found in the southern part of the Annam Highlands (an area isolated from the other 2 subspecies)
• Subspecies occur together (are sympatric) throughout Vietnam's Central Highlands.

• Recent surveys have found them to be widespread and occupying a variety of habitats
• Multiple types of primary and secondary forest habitats: Semi evergreen hill forests, submontane evergreen forests, mixed deciduous forests, mixed evergreen podocarp forests, mosaics of primary evergreen forests, and closed broadleaved tropical forests.
• Medium and high altitudes.

Douc langurs are found in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.

Adapted from www.d-maps.com according to IUCN fact sheets.

Click each species' name for its detailed distribution map from IUCN.org:
Red-shanked Douc Langur, P. nemaeus
Gray-shanked Douc Langur, P. cinerea
Black-shanked Douc Langur, P. nigripes

Fooden (1996)
Lippold (1998, 1999)