Leaf-monkey (English spelling)

Japanese: leaf-monkey(英語表記)leafmonkey
Leaf-monkey (English spelling)

…A general term for Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Presbytis and the genus Pygathrix in the family Cercopithecidae, subfamily Colobinae, of the order Primates. They are also called langurs because of their slender, graceful bodies and long tails, and leaf-monkeys because they feed exclusively 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.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "leaf-monkey" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…霊長目オナガザル科コロブス亜科のうちのリーフモンキー属Presbytis,ドゥクモンキー属Pygathrixに属する旧世界ザルの総称。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。…

※「leaf-monkey」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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