Mongabay on Nostr: Bangladesh is home to less than 500 Phayre’s langurs and 600 capped langurs in the ...

Bangladesh is home to less than 500 Phayre’s langurs and 600 capped langurs in the rainforests in the country’s northeast.

A recent study has unveiled a trend of hybridization between Phayre’s langurs and capped langurs in Bangladesh, which are listed as critically endangered and endangered, respectively, by IUCN.

By Mohammad Al-Masum Molla
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/langurs-in-bangladesh-face-extinction-as-hybridization-between-species-escalates/

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