Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN

Young White-handed Gibbon, Xaignabouli, early 1998. This
gibbon has a small range in Lao PDR as it occurs only west of the
Mekong. It is widespread elsewhere in South-east Asia.
R. Boonratana / IUCN
Phayre’s Langur, Phongsali Province, March 1996. No large population
of this langur is currently known in Lao PDR. It may be the most
threatened monkey in the country. W. G. Robichaud / WCS.
Large Mammals
Young Long-tailed Macaque, Dong Khanthung PNBCA, July 1998.
Young macaques are commonly kept as pets. The mother was
reportedly shot to obtain this one. B. L. Stuart / WCS.
Sleeping cliff of Francois’s Langur, Phou Xang He NBCA, early
1998. Faecal deposits and stains such as these are valuable indicators
of the species’s presence in areas where hunting has made the monkeys
shy. R. Boonratana / IUCN.
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