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Shan State Langurs (Trachypithecus melamera)

Formerly a subspecies of Phayre's Langur T. phayrei shanicus
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at the Yadanabon Zoo, Mandalay.

At the time I didn't pay these much attention because I assumed they were dusky langurs (there are duskies at Yangon Zoo, which is where most of Yadanabon's animals came from) but after I'd left the zoo I suddenly though "oh darn, they might have been Phayre's langurs!". I've never seen a Phayre's before and I have no real idea how to tell them apart from duskies because I gather they are very similar and I have no ID guides. Mandalay is much closer to Phayre's range than dusky range (which is waaaay down in the south of Burma) so I am sort of 50-50.

Unfortunately I only took a few photos of these langurs (one pair plus youngster), almost in passing, because I was concentrating on getting photos of the other more-interesting langur in the same cage.....

Devilfish tried to send me some photos from various books but my computer did not like the attachments so I've posted here instead.

So: dusky langur or Phayre's langur.


EDIT: they have been identified as Phayre's langurs.
 
This subspecies of Phayre's langur is similar to the one Beijing Zoo used to keep! Those ones in Thailand don't have so conspicuous eye-rings.
 
Mandalay province neighbors from Shan States. In this context, I am tempted to ask; may be a subspecies shanicus?
This might also explain the color differences from the original concept of the species T.phayrei under the fall within.

Because same-colored individual under this photo I found in publications HMW3 below latin name Trachypithecus phayrei shanicus. On page 622.
So just because I ask.
 

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