Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The Golden headed Langur

The Golden headed Langur is a species found in Vietnam.It is a very rare species of primate.Unfortunetly, its number remaining is less than 70.It was in the verge of extinction.But in the year 200 it was put into protection.Still its situation is in grave danger.Nevertheless, its number rose in 2003 for the first time in many decades.The golden-headed langur,is probably the most endangered of the Asian colobines.Although the growth of the population is encouraging, the overall status of the species is most critical. As a result of habitat fragmentation, the remaining population is now divided into seven isolated sub-populations, five of which include or consist of all-female groups, thus non-reproducing social units.

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