Red-shanked douc in the forest

Red-shanked douc in the forest, Wildlife in the nature

​The red-shanked douc langur is one of three species of doc langurs (the gray-shanked and black-shanked are the other two) and is native to Indochina, inhabiting the undisturbed evergreen, semi-evergreen, and limestone forests of east-central Laos and northern and central Vietnam. These Endangered primates make their home in the mid to upper levels of the forest canopy.

Laos hosts the largest and most stable population of red-shanked douc langurs; they live in the Nam Theun basin and its surroundings, including several protected areas. By contrast, Vietnam’s red-shanked douc langur population is smaller, having suffered significant decline due to years of human-caused destruction. However, a population of about 200 individuals, from 12 different groups, currently live at Vietnam’s Son Tra Nature Reserve.

​Sightings of the species in northern Cambodia have recently been reported.