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: any of several slender long-tailed Asian monkeys (subfamily Colobinae)
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Before, only smaller animals — squirrels, langur monkeys and macaques, followed by gibbons — used it.
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Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Keep your binoculars on hand to watch the antics of playful langurs and abundant birds such as woodpeckers, orioles, and rose-ringed parakeets that inhabit the leafy canopies.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Jan. 2026
Under the trees was dense foliage that occasionally parted to reveal a bird, langur, or cheetal, which reassured him in the stillness of the empty road.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
The endangered infant, who hasn’t been named yet, was born with a head and body covered in orange fur, which will gradually darken to jet black within a year, as is the case with all François langurs.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Keep your binoculars on hand to watch the antics of playful langurs and abundant birds such as woodpeckers, orioles, and rose-ringed parakeets that inhabit the leafy canopies.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Jan. 2026
Under the trees was dense foliage that occasionally parted to reveal a bird, langur, or cheetal, which reassured him in the stillness of the empty road.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
The endangered infant, who hasn’t been named yet, was born with a head and body covered in orange fur, which will gradually darken to jet black within a year, as is the case with all François langurs.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Langur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/langur. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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