Recently, a photography enthusiast captured an image of a group of Philip's langurs foraging for food by the river in the Lushui section of Gaoligong Mountain in Yunnan. In addition to the slate-gray adult Fei's langurs, there are six golden baby monkeys in the monkey group.
Photography enthusiast Zhang Chaojiang has been tracking and photographing this group of Philip's langurs. According to him, in early 2021, Philip's langurs were photographed for the first time in the Lu Water Pipe Protection Section of the Gaoligong Mountain National Reserve. In March 2022, when he encountered this group of lovely elves again, the monkey group was crossing the river to the virgin forest on the other side. He happened to clearly count 43 individuals in this group, including two golden monkeys.
It is understood that the Phoebe's langur, also known as the Sino-Burmese gray langur, is a national first-level protected animal and a relatively typical tropical arboreal langur in South and Southeast Asia. Newborn langurs are golden-yellow, full of cuteness, and very cute. Over the next three or four months, their hair gradually turns blue-grey.
In recent years, relevant local departments and villages where monkeys are infested have strengthened science popularization work and related management and protection measures. In July 2022, special funds were allocated to organize village rangers from the Lushui Management and Protection Branch of the Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve. and hired experts to jointly implement the "Habit Tracking Survey of Gray Langur Monkeys" project. In addition, the villages where the monkeys live have written the protection of wild animals, bird resources, and biodiversity into village rules and regulations, which has continuously improved the villagers' awareness of protecting wild animals and plants.
Source People's Daily Online - Yunnan Channel
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