Lutong

Japanese: lutong
Lutong

...They are called langur monkeys because of their slender, graceful bodies and long tails, and leaf monkeys because they feed mainly on leaves. They are widely distributed from the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and southern China to Southeast Asia, and many species in Southeast Asia are also called lutongs. They are considered to be a primitive type within the Colobinae subfamily, and are classified into 15 species, but there are many geographical variations in appearance, and many parts of their classification are still unknown.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "lutong" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ほっそりとした優美な肢体と長い尾をもつのでヤセザル,食物がもっぱら葉であるところからリーフモンキーleaf‐monkeyとも呼ばれる。インド亜大陸,スリランカおよび中国南部から東南アジアにかけて広く分布し,東南アジア方面の多くの種はルトンlutongとも呼ばれている。コロブス亜科中,原始的なタイプとされ,15種に分類されるが,外見上の地理的変異が非常に多く分類には不明の部分がまだ多い。…

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