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Phayre's leaf monkey

Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847)

ENEndangeredprimates

The phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) is a species in the family Cercopithecidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 6.25 kg to 8.4 kg and live up to 28.3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei)
Photo: Md. Tareq Aziz Touhid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the phayre's leaf monkey

Weight
6.25 kg – 8.4 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
28.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
33.9 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
158 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
4 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.8src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the phayre's leaf monkey

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Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei)
Auritro sattar569 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the phayre's leaf monkey live?

Not recorded

What is the phayre's leaf monkey?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), also known as Phayre's langur, is a species of Old World monkey native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, namely India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Populations from further east are now thought to belong to other species. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by hunting and loss of habitat.

The species epithet commemorates Arthur Purves Phayre.

From the Wikipedia article “Phayre's leaf monkey” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phayre%27s_leaf_monkey&oldid=1377211115), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the phayre's leaf monkey endangered?

The phayre's leaf monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the phayre's leaf monkey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyCercopithecidae
  6. genusTrachypithecus
  7. SpeciesTrachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847)

Synonyms Presbytis barbei, Presbytis phayrei, Semnopithecus holotephreus, Semnopithecus phayrei, Trachypithecus phayrei phayrei

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Phayre s leaf-monkeyEnglish
  • Phayre's langurEnglish
  • Phayre's langurEnglish
  • Phayre's leaf-monkeyEnglish
  • Phayre’s langurEnglish
  • Phayre’s leaf monkeyEnglish
  • Phayre’s leaf-monkeyEnglish
  • Phayre’s leaf-monkeyEnglish
  • Phayre’s spectacled leaf monkeyEnglish
  • Shan States langurEnglish
  • سعدان الأوراق فيريArabic
  • চচমা-চকুৱা বান্দৰAssamese
  • চশমাপরা হনুমানBangla
  • hulman indočínskýCzech
  • PopalangurDanish
  • Phayres SchlankaffeGerman
  • Phayre-BrillenlangurGerman
  • Λανγκούρ του PhayreGreek
  • Langur de PhayreSpanish
  • valkohuulilanguriFinnish
  • Semnopithèque de PhayreFrench
  • フェイヤールトンJapanese
  • 페이어랑구르Korean
  • 페이어잎원숭이Korean
  • PhayrelangoerDutch
  • lutung orientalnyPolish
  • Тонкотел ФейераRussian
  • ค่างแว่นถิ่นเหนือThai
  • 菲氏葉猴Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the phayre's leaf monkey

Other species in the same genus Trachypithecus.

VU, Vulnerable
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)

Capped langur

Trachypithecus pileatus

Cercopithecidae

ComparePhayre's leaf monkey vs Gee's golden langurPhayre's leaf monkey vs François' langurPhayre's leaf monkey vs Capped langurPhayre's leaf monkey vs East Javan langur

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the phayre's leaf monkey?

An adult phayre's leaf monkey weighs 6.25 kg – 8.4 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the phayre's leaf monkey endangered?

The phayre's leaf monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the phayre's leaf monkey live?

The phayre's leaf monkey has a recorded lifespan of 28.3 years.

How long is the phayre's leaf monkey pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 158 days.

What kind of animal is the phayre's leaf monkey?

The phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) belongs to the family Cercopithecidae in the order Primates.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{phayres_leaf_monkey_2026,
  title = {Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phayres-leaf-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}