{"id":77968,"date":"2025-12-15T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77968"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:33:13","slug":"red-shanked-douc-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-shanked-douc-monkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-Shanked Douc Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Red-Shanked Douc Monkey Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, customs officials at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) arrested a passenger who was smuggling two red-shanked douc monkeys.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Red-Shanked Douc Monkey<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is an <\/span><b>Old World monkey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is considered as a \u201c<\/span><b>Queen of primates\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They occur in <\/span><b>subtropical and tropical broadleaf evergreen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or semi-deciduous forests and to a lesser extent in secondary evergreen and mixed bamboo forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Red-shanked doucs are found in Southeast Asia mainly in <\/span><b>Vietnam, Southern Laos and Cambodia.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Red-Shanked Douc Monkey<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is referred to as \u201cthe costumed ape,\u201d the red-shanked douc langur is among the most colorful of primates.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are <\/span><b>arboreal, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">herbivores<\/span><b> and diurnal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> monkeys that eat and sleep in the trees of the forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Communication:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They <\/span><b>communicate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with each other using <\/span><b>various facial expressions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: IUCN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critically Endangered<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats:<\/b> <b>Hunting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the main threat \u2013 for subsistence use and traditional medicine \u2013 they are also hunted for the international pet trade.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/bengaluru-customs-foil-wildlife-smuggling-attempt-at-kia\/article70384600.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red-Shanked Douc Monkey  is an Old World monkey which is considered as a \u201cQueen of primates\u201d. 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