Douc 827878 213296690 2008-05-18T18:45:27Z UtherSRG 33145 rm image sizes to allow user preferences to take control {{Taxobox | name = Douc<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=173}}</ref> | image = Red-shanked_Douc_at_the_Philadelphia_Zoo_%28boderless%29.jpg | image_caption = [[Red-shanked Douc]] (''Pygathrix nemaeus'') at the Philadelphia Zoo | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Cercopithecidae]] | subfamilia = [[Colobinae]] | genus = '''''Pygathrix''''' | genus_authority = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy]], 1812 | type_species = ''[[Red-shanked Douc|Simia nemaeus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1771 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = ''[[Red-shanked Douc|Pygathrix nemaeus]]''<br> ''[[Black-shanked Douc|Pygathrix nigripes]]''<br> ''[[Gray-shanked Douc|Pygathrix cinerea]]'' }} The '''doucs''' or '''douc langurs''' make up the [[genus]] '''''Pygathrix''''', which consists of these 3 species: *[[Red-shanked Douc]], ''Pygathrix nemaeus'' *[[Black-shanked Douc]], ''Pygathrix nigripes'' *[[Gray-shanked Douc]], ''Pygathrix cinerea'' These colobine [[Old World monkey]]s have an extremely striking appearance. The Red-shanked Douc characteristically has bright maroon legs and reddish patches around the eyes. In contrast, the Grey-shanked Douc is less vibrant, with speckled grey legs and orange markings on the face. Both have dappled grey bodies, black hands and feet and white cheeks, although the cheek hairs of the Red-shanked Douc are much longer. The Black-shanked Douc has black legs. Their long hind limbs and tail allow these monkeys to be wonderfully agile in their treetop habitat. Even though they are known as "douc langurs", they are in fact more closely related to the [[Proboscis Monkey]] and [[snub-nosed monkey]]s, than to any of the [[langur]]s. They are part of the [[Colobinae]] subfamily of the [[Cercopithecidae]] family. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikispecies|Pygathrix|Douc}} *ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Pygathrix_nigripes/ images and movies of the black-shanked douc ''(Pygathrix nigripes)''] *[http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/links/pygathrix Primate Info Net ''Pygathrix'' Factsheets] {{C.Colobinae nav}} {{primate-stub}} [[Category:Old World monkeys]] [[de:Kleideraffe]] [[es:Pygathrix]] [[fr:Pygathrix]] [[lt:Pygathrix]] [[sv:Kostymapor]] [[vi:Chi Chà vá]] [[zh:白臀葉猴屬]]