Trachypithecus

Trachypithecus
Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Subfamily: Colobinae
Tribe: Presbytini
Genus: Trachypithecus
Reichenbach, 1862
Type species
Semnopithecus pyrrhus[1]
Horsfield, 1823
(= Cercopithecus auratus É. Geoffroy, 1812)
Species

16, see text

Trachypithecus (derived from Greek τραχύς, trachýs meaning "rough" and πίθηκος, píthekos meaning "monkey") is a genus of Old World monkeys containing species known as lutungs, langurs, or leaf monkeys. Their range is much of Southeast Asia (northeast India, Vietnam, southern China, Borneo, Thailand, Java, and Bali).

The name "lutung" comes from the Sundanese language meaning "blackness", ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ (which originally referred to the Formosan rock macaque);[2] it is preferred in one paper because the authors wanted the name langurs to only refer to monkeys in the genus Semnopithecus,[3] although some "lutungs" are now "langurs" again.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010). "*luCuŋ: the Formosan rock monkey; Macaca cyclopis". Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Harding2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Wilson, Don E.; Mittermeier, Russell A.; Rylands, Anthony B. (2012). "Introduction". Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 3: Primates (1st ed.). Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-89-7. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ^ Roos, C.; Boonratana, R.; Supriatna, J.; Fellowes, J.R.; Groves, C.P.; Nash, S.D.; Rylands, A.B.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2014). "An updated taxonomy and conservation status review of Asian primates" (PDF). Asian Primates Journal. 4 (1): 2–38. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ^ Karanth, K. Praveen; et al. (2008). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of langurs and leaf monkeys of South Asia (Primates: Colobinae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (2): 683–694. Bibcode:2008MolPE..46..683K. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.026. PMID 18191589. Retrieved 2018-08-30.