Grizzled leaf monkeys

aka Sunda langurs, Presbytis comata
Cage near servals, Howletts, 10th August 2009

I have never been able to photograph this species properly before as they are kept in a large, fairly dark, wood and wire cage in the old Howletts style. My new 500mm lens gives a clear shot, but I can\'t do anything about the ugly background.

Alan

Great photo gentle lemur friend , this species always seem morose , in fact is a slightly anthromorphic interpretation , but whenever i see this primates they remind me of Morrisey of the smiths , stuck up quiff of a hair , miserable facial expression of course with less arrogance though, hahaha

Wonderful picture!

I wish more zoos would really get their teeth into maintaining and breeding some of the more endangered leaf-eating monkeys of S.E. Asia and colobus of Africa .....

They look so adorable!

This group of animals was repatriated to Indonesia by the Aspinall Foundation, with some other langurs from Howletts..

@gentle lemur, do you remember exactly when this was exactly?

The Sunda langur were different subspecies from Indonesia, i believe actually 3.

@Kifaru Bwana I don't know the date as I do not visit Howletts frequently, but ZTL says it was 2015.