Trachypithecus phayrei | Phayre's Leaf Monkey

 

Good spot: Lawachara National Park, Kamalganj Upazila, Maulvi Bazar District, Bangladesh

Trachypithecus

Seeing this Species

 

 

Lawachara National Park 

 

Part of the West Bhanugach Forest Reserve 

Located ~160 km Northeast of Dhaka and 60 km South of Sylhet

Nearest city: Srimongal


This site offers helpful information on the park's trails and where to sleep and eat.

 

Overlapping species: Slow Loris [need to sort out which one], Assamese Macaque, Northern Pig-tailed Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Capped Langur, Hoolock Gibbon (the largest population left in the country) 

 

 

Probability of Success: ?

 

 

 

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Primatology

 

Taxonomy

 

 

 

 

References

 

Illustration by Stephen Nash

 

 

Page last updated 10 February 2014