Guangxi White Headed Langur, China
The white-headed langur is one of the many endangered species of primates in Asia. Such an animal can be found in Guangxi region in southern China. Langurs are famous for their vegetarian way of eating- leaves and fruits.
During the 1980s, the langurs lived in 16 areas of Guangxi. By the late 1990s, they had disappeared from the three areas.This is the Nongguan Nature Reserve, where the langurs’ forest habitat grows on steep mountain faces as well as in the valleys in between.
White-headed langurs are born canary yellow.Female langurs can give birth once every two years. After a six-month pregnancy, a mother breast-feeds the baby for one year. Several weeks after birth, a langur’s yellow fur begins to fade and is gradually replaced by dark black fur, except for the head and tail.
Photographs by: Peking University Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute
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