HÀ NỘI — The world’s second largest population of the critically endangered Delacour’s langur was recently discovered by Fauna & Flora International (FFI), giving fresh hope for one of the planet’s rarest species. We detected seven groups of Delacour’s langur, with the total number of primates in the population being as high as 40. Only one other area in Việt Nam has a larger population of Delacour’s langur." Delacour’s langur is indigenous to Việt Nam, but because of human activities such as hunting, stone mining and charcoal production, it faces a severe threat of extinction with fewer than 250 left, a press release issued yesterday said. Delacour’s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) is a primate endemic to Việt Nam, first discovered by Jean Théodore Delacour in 1930 and described by Wilfred Hudson Osgood in 1932.

Source: Viet Nam News August 23, 2016 11:03 UTC