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- Western_purple-faced_langur abstract "The western purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor), also known as the north lowland wetzone purple-faced langur, is a subspecies of purple-faced langur endemic to Sri Lanka. It lives in the wet zone in western Sri Lanka around the former capital city of Colombo. The subspecies is generally gray-brown with lighter whiskers, a gray rump patch, and dark forearms and legs. Typical length is between 48 and 67 centimetres (19 and 26 in) excluding tail, with a 59 to 85 centimetres (23 to 33 in) tail. On average, males weigh 8.5 kilograms (19 lb) and females weigh 7.8 kilograms (17 lb).Since 2004, it has been considered to be critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to an 80% decline in population over the previous 36 years, and the fact that the rate of population decrease is expected to continue unabated. Prior to 2004 it was listed as \"endangered\", but not \"critically endangered\". In 2010, the western purple-faced langur was included in the list of The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, published by the IUCN and other organizations.Reasons for the subspecies' critical endangerment are largely due to deforestation. Studies have estimated that 81% to over 90% of the subspecies' former range has been deforested. Deforestation harms the monkey in several ways. The western purple-faced langur is naturally folivorous, and its biology is specialized for a diet that consists primarily of leaves. With leaves less available, the monkey's diet consists largely of cultivated fruit taken from people's gardens. This has several detrimental impacts on the monkey - it may not be able to extract adequate nutrition from fruit which it is not biologically adapted to use as a primary food source and the food is only available seasonally, leaving inadequate nutrition outside of fruiting season. Since the western purple-faced langur is naturally arboreal, deforestation also impacts its activities besides eating. With less forest available, monkeys spend more time than is natural on the ground, exposing them to danger from domestic dogs and cars, and they also climb power lines, exposing them to danger of electrocution. Also, when the monkeys are on the ground, they are easier to capture for the pet trade. Hunting is also a concern.Hope for the subspecies continued survival comes from the fact that the largest forests that it currently inhabits are around important water reservoirs and thus less likely to be exploited for other purposes. Also the Sri Lanka Forest Department is undertaking a project to promote forest conservation.".
- Western_purple-faced_langur class Mammal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur conservationStatus "CR".
- Western_purple-faced_langur conservationStatusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Western_purple-faced_langur family Old_World_monkey.
- Western_purple-faced_langur genus Gray_langur.
- Western_purple-faced_langur kingdom Animal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur order Primate.
- Western_purple-faced_langur phylum Chordate.
- Western_purple-faced_langur species Purple-faced_langur.
- Western_purple-faced_langur thumbnail Purple_faced_langur.jpg?width=300.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageID "28273275".
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageLength "5528".
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageOutDegree "20".
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageRevisionID "667630424".
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Arboreal_locomotion.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1833.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Category:Colobine_monkeys.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mammals_of_Asia.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mammals_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Colombo.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Endemism.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Folivore.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Gray_langur.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Mammal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Old_World_monkey.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Primate.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Purple-faced_langur.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Reservoir.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lanka.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLink The_Worlds_25_Most_Endangered_Primates.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western purple-faced langur".
- Western_purple-faced_langur classis "Mammalia".
- Western_purple-faced_langur familia Old_World_monkey.
- Western_purple-faced_langur genus "Semnopithecus".
- Western_purple-faced_langur name "Western purple-faced langur".
- Western_purple-faced_langur ordo "Primates".
- Western_purple-faced_langur phylum Chordate.
- Western_purple-faced_langur regnum "Animalia".
- Western_purple-faced_langur species "S. vetulus".
- Western_purple-faced_langur status "CR".
- Western_purple-faced_langur statusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Western_purple-faced_langur subspecies "S. v. nestor".
- Western_purple-faced_langur trend "unknown".
- Western_purple-faced_langur trinomial "Semnopithecus vetulus nestor".
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- Western_purple-faced_langur wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
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- Western_purple-faced_langur subject Category:Animals_described_in_1833.
- Western_purple-faced_langur subject Category:Colobine_monkeys.
- Western_purple-faced_langur subject Category:Mammals_of_Asia.
- Western_purple-faced_langur subject Category:Mammals_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Western_purple-faced_langur hypernym Subspecies.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Animal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Eukaryote.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Mammal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Species.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Mammal.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Redirect.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Thing.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Q19088.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Q729.
- Western_purple-faced_langur type Q7377.
- Western_purple-faced_langur comment "The western purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus nestor), also known as the north lowland wetzone purple-faced langur, is a subspecies of purple-faced langur endemic to Sri Lanka. It lives in the wet zone in western Sri Lanka around the former capital city of Colombo. The subspecies is generally gray-brown with lighter whiskers, a gray rump patch, and dark forearms and legs.".
- Western_purple-faced_langur label "Western purple-faced langur".
- Western_purple-faced_langur sameAs Q5492042.
- Western_purple-faced_langur sameAs Trachypithecus_vetulus_nestor.
- Western_purple-faced_langur sameAs m.0cn_m9b.
- Western_purple-faced_langur sameAs Q5492042.
- Western_purple-faced_langur wasDerivedFrom Western_purple-faced_langur?oldid=667630424.
- Western_purple-faced_langur depiction Purple_faced_langur.jpg.
- Western_purple-faced_langur isPrimaryTopicOf Western_purple-faced_langur.
- Western_purple-faced_langur name "Western purple-faced langur".