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Threatened with encroaching cultivation and forest loss, a Southern Purple-Faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus vetulus) enters a tea plantation to feed on the fresh young leaves. These endangered monkeys are endemic to Sri Lanka’s southern wet forests, and although once widespread, are now facing severe habitat fragmentation due to roads and settlements. This can lead to human conflicts where the monkeys are inevitably forced to exploit agricultural areas for food. Sinharaja National Park. Sri Lanka.
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Catarrhini, Cercopithecidae, Ceylon, Colobinae, Haplorhini, Mammalia, Presbytini, Primates, Simiiformes, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Trachypithecus, animal, eat, eating, endangered, fauna, feeding, folivore, folivorous, folivory, herbivore, herbivorous, herbivory, langur, leaf, leaf monkey, leaf monkye, leaf-eater, lutung, mammal, monkey, old world monkey, primate, threatened, wildlife
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