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10 Photo Story | Monkey business<br />
Primates at Lawachara<br />
Spanning over 12 square kilometres area,<br />
Lawachara National Park was created in 1925<br />
through forestation. The trees planted then<br />
gradually expanded to become one of the major<br />
forest in the country. Rich in biodiversity the park<br />
attracts bird watchers from across the country, as<br />
well as people from outside of the national border.<br />
Khasi and Tipra tribes of indegenous people live in<br />
and around the park.<br />
Lawachara National Park houses a number<br />
of monkey species. Syed Zakir Hossain<br />
captured pictures of hoolock gibbons, a critically<br />
endangered species in Bangladesh. The other<br />
pictures are of the Phayre’s leaf monkey, which<br />
is also an endangered species. Hoolock gibbons<br />
are locally known as ‘woollook’ and Phayre’s leaf<br />
monkeys are known as ‘choshma pora honuman’.<br />
Photos: Syed Zakir Hossain<br />
WEEKEND TRIBUNE | FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2017
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