Shan State langur

Shan State langur
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cercopithecidae
Genus:	Trachypithecus
Species:	T. phayrei
Subspecies:	T. p. shanicus
Trinomial name
Trachypithecus phayrei shanicus (Elliot, 1909)

The Shan State langur (Trachypithecus phayrei shanicus) is a subspecies of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in eastern Myanmar and southwest China. ^[2] While it is typically considered a subspecies or even a synonym of Phayre's leaf monkey (T. phayrei), it is sometimes listed as a full species. ^[2]

References

1. Bleisch, B.; Brockelman, W.; Timmins, R.J.; Nadler, T.; Thun, S.; Das, J. & Yongcheng, L. (2020). "Trachypithecus phayrei ssp. shanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T136928A17988916.
2. Roos, Christian; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Miguez, Roberto Portela; Thant, Naw May Lay; Lwin, Ngwe; Lin, Aung Ko; Lin, Aung; Yi, Khin Mar; Soe, Paing; Hein, Zin Mar; Myint, Margaret Nyein Nyein (2020-11-18). "Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species". Zoological Research. 41 (6): 656–669. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.254. ISSN   2095-8137. PMC   7671912 . PMID   33171548.