langurs in the UK

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foz

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so what is the current langur situation in the uk? it seems a few parks now hold javan langurs which seem to do well. i've just read on the howletts website that they have 34 banded langurs why aren't any of these going to other collections? are there any plans for zoos to aquire langurs?
 
Howletts also have a few groups of speccy langurs, loads of Javan langurs and grizzled leaf monkeys. Not sure about their plans for the future though.
 
UK langur species listed on ISIS

Grizzled Langur (Presbytis comata) Howletts
Western Mitred Langur (P.melanopos melanopos) Howletts
Eastern Mitred Langur (P.m.mitrata) Howletts
Tufted Grey Langur (Semnopithecus priam theristes) London
Javan Langur (Trachypithecus auratus) Belfast Howletts Port Lympne Thrigby Hall Tywcross
Silvery Langur (T.a.criststus) Colchester
Francois Langur (T.fracoisi) Belfast London Twycross
Spectacled Langur (T.obscurus) Howletts Twycross
Phayre's Langur (T.phayeri) Twycross
Sri Lankan Purple-faced Langur (T.vetulus monticola) Cotswold
Indian Purple-faced Langur (T.v.vetulus) Edinburgh
 
They do, they're in an enclosure by the zoo's entrance.
 
Of course they do, I just forgot to list them. Sorry.

Bristol was the first place I saw them as well.
 
foz said:
i've just read on the howletts website that they have 34 banded langurs
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This doesn't tally with ISIS which only lists 3.5 Presbytis melalophos melalophos, plus 3.4 odds and sods of others subspecies (including some subspecific hybrids). Last time I was at Howletts I only saw a few animals - I know there is at least one group off-show, but 34 still seems a lot to me.

I suspect this is the total number of Presbytis langurs (Banded and Grizzled combined) which would be somewhere in the mid to low thirties.
 
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