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Purple-faced langur

Trachypithecus vetulus monticola, adult male, old gibbon enclosure, Burford, 20th July 2009
Great shot. I tried to photo these when I went in September but without success.

Sadly these seem to be another 'failing' species in the UK now. Cotswold have 2 males in the enclosure shared with gibbons(was Spider monkey before) and another pair(one shown above) in the old Gibbon enclosure-one of these 'pairs' are the last ones from Twycross, who no longer have them, (despite breeding to start with). 3.1 isn't a great ratio for Cotswold.:(
 
finally! a photo of a purple faced langur - i couldn't even get a good look at these guys when i was in sri lanka!

perth zoo sent a pair of PFL's to a UK zoo some years back (maybe twycross?). the only other zoo i know that has them is the colombo zoo - where again i failed to get a good look at them.
 
There seem to be just two groups in the UK; 3.1 at both Edinburgh and Cotswold and no others outside Sri Lanka. Only two females between these groups means they have a very uncertain future.
 
finally! a photo of a purple faced langur - i couldn't even get a good look at these guys when i was in sri lanka!

perth zoo sent a pair of PFL's to a UK zoo some years back (maybe twycross?). the only other zoo i know that has them is the colombo zoo - where again i failed to get a good look at them.
Perth`s went to Edinburgh and are suppose to be a different sub-species to these!
 
A great photograph Alan, well done.:D

I had never heard of a Purple faced Languar before but this 1 looks splendid.:cool:
 

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