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: any of several slender long-tailed Asian monkeys (subfamily Colobinae)
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In another, the habitat of some langur monkeys was cut open.
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Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2024
Live langurs were rented and put on duty when the Commonwealth Games were held in New Delhi in 2010, Reuters news agency reported.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
Life-size cutouts of angry langurs have popped up across the capital to dissuade smaller monkeys from wreaking havoc in public areas.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
Amit Dave / Reuters To protect public areas from rhesus monkeys, which are a nuisance and often attack people, officials have put up life-size cutouts of langurs, a bigger primate that the rhesus monkeys find intimidating.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
In other monkey news, back in April, a baby Dusky langur found a new home at the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WWFT) rescue center after being abandoned by his family.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
Life-size cutouts of langur monkeys have been scattered among the half a million decorative plants placed across the city with the aim of scaring away their archenemy, rhesus monkeys that plague parts of the city.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
Enter the langur – or at least, cardboard cutouts of langurs – and men trained to sound like the bigger primates.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
He is also connected to the langur monkeys’ cut enclosure, a police spokeswoman said, but Pin’s death is an unlinked mystery.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2024
Live langurs were rented and put on duty when the Commonwealth Games were held in New Delhi in 2010, Reuters news agency reported.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
Life-size cutouts of angry langurs have popped up across the capital to dissuade smaller monkeys from wreaking havoc in public areas.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
Amit Dave / Reuters To protect public areas from rhesus monkeys, which are a nuisance and often attack people, officials have put up life-size cutouts of langurs, a bigger primate that the rhesus monkeys find intimidating.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
In other monkey news, back in April, a baby Dusky langur found a new home at the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WWFT) rescue center after being abandoned by his family.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
Life-size cutouts of langur monkeys have been scattered among the half a million decorative plants placed across the city with the aim of scaring away their archenemy, rhesus monkeys that plague parts of the city.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
Enter the langur – or at least, cardboard cutouts of langurs – and men trained to sound like the bigger primates.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
He is also connected to the langur monkeys’ cut enclosure, a police spokeswoman said, but Pin’s death is an unlinked mystery.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
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“Langur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/langur. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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