Primates of Vietnam, Primate Species in Vietnam
Let's join AdventureGreen on primate quests to learn about the different primates and primate species in Vietnam, the spots where these primate species are found.
- Order: Primates
- Family: Cercopithecidae
- Genus: Pygathrix
Black-shanked douc
The black-shanked douc (Pygathrix nigripes) is an endangered species of douc found mostly in the forests of Eastern Cambodia, with some smaller populations in Southern Vietnam.
Cercopithecidae
Greek: kerkos tail;
Pithecia: From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”) + -ia.
Pygathrix: the long rump hair
Greek puge: rump.
Greek thrix, trikhos: hair.
Douc (pronounced "duke") is a French Cochin-china name.
"nigripes" refers to black shank color.
- Order: Primates
- Family: Cercopithecidae
Pygathrix
The doucs or douc langurs make up the genus Pygathrix which are colobine Old World monkeys, native to Southeast Asia.
They consist of these 3 species: red-shanked douc, black-shanked douc, and gray-shanked douc.
Cercopithecidae
Greek: kerkos tail;
Pithecia: From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”) + -ia.
Pygathrix: the long rump hair
Greek puge: rump.
Greek thrix, trikhos: hair.
Douc (pronounced "duke") is a French Cochin-china name.
- Order: Primates
- Family: Hylobatidae
- Genus: Nomascus
Yellow-Cheeked Gibbon
The yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) is a species of gibbon native to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
also called: the golden-cheeked gibbon, the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, the golden-cheeked crested gibbon, the red-cheeked gibbon, or the buffed-cheeked gibbon.
Hylobatidae: hylobatus Greek hulobates one who haunts the woods.
Latin name Hylobates: “dweller in the trees”,
Nomascus
Greek nomos ruler
Greek -nomos -feeding (nemo to feed).
- Order: Primates
- Family: Hylobatidae
Nomascus
Nomascus is the second-most speciose genus of the gibbon family, Hylobatidae
Hylobatidae: hylobatus Greek hulobates one who haunts the woods.
Latin name Hylobates: “dweller in the trees”,
Nomascus
Greek nomos ruler
Greek -nomos -feeding (nemo to feed).
- Order: Primates
Hylobatidae
Gibbons, also called the lesser apes, are apes in the family Hylobatidae.
Hylobatidae: hylobatus Greek hulobates one who haunts the woods.
- Order: Primates
- Family: Cercopithecidae
Trachypithecus
Trachypithecus (derived from Greek τραχύς, trachýs meaning "rough" and πίθηκος, píthekos meaning "monkey") is a genus of Old World monkeys containing species known as lutungs, langurs, or leaf monkeys.
Cercopithecidae
Greek: kerkos tail;
Pithecia: From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”) + -ia.
Trachypithecus: from Greek τραχύς, trachýs meaning "rough" and πίθηκος, píthekos meaning "monkey".
- Order: Primates
- Family: Cercopithecidae
- Genus: Trachypithecus
Germain's langur
Other names: Indochinese lutung, Germain's langur, Germain's silver langur, Indochinese leaf monkey, and Indochinese silvered langur.
Voọc bạc, or voọc Đông Dương
Trachypithecus germaini caudalis
subspecies recognized:
- Trachypithecus germaini germaini
- Trachypithecus germaini caudalis
Germain's langur (Trachypithecus germaini) is an Old World monkey native to Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Cercopithecidae
Greek: kerkos tail;
Pithecia: From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “monkey”) + -ia.
Trachypithecus: from Greek τραχύς, trachýs meaning "rough" and πίθηκος, píthekos meaning "monkey".
A herd of 8 Germain's langurs were spotted on 16-May-2024 at the Chu Mom Ray National Park in Sa Thay District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. The last time these langurs were spotted were 5 years ago.
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
