Shan State Langurs (Trachypithecus melamera)

at the Yadanabon Zoo, Mandalay.

At the time I didn't pay these much attention because I assumed they were dusky langurs (there are duskies at Yangon Zoo, which is where most of Yadanabon's animals came from) but after I'd left the zoo I suddenly though "oh darn, they might have been Phayre's langurs!". I've never seen a Phayre's before and I have no real idea how to tell them apart from duskies because I gather they are very similar and I have no ID guides. Mandalay is much closer to Phayre's range than dusky range (which is waaaay down in the south of Burma) so I am sort of 50-50.

Unfortunately I only took a few photos of these langurs (one pair plus youngster), almost in passing, because I was concentrating on getting photos of the other more-interesting langur in the same cage.....

Devilfish tried to send me some photos from various books but my computer did not like the attachments so I've posted here instead.

So: dusky langur or Phayre's langur.


EDIT: they have been identified as Phayre's langurs.

Shortridge's Langur. I will be uploading photos at some point, but my laptop has decided to die on me so it might be a little while.