page_title: Lutung
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lutung / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Lutung in Selangor urban area in Kajang.
context_page_description: The lutungs are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Trachypithecus. Their range is much of Southeast Asia. Most of the species in this genus can be referred to as lutungs, langurs, or leaf monkeys.
  The name "lutung" comes from the Sundanese language and means "blackness"; it is preferred by some authors because it distinguishes the genus from the "true" langurs of the Indian subcontinent.
context_section_description: As of 2005, the authors of Mammal Species of the World recognize the following Trachypithecus species:
  Genus Trachypithecus 
  T. vetulus group - moved into genus Semnopithecus in most recent classifications
  Purple-faced langur, Trachypithecus vetulus
  Nilgiri langur, Trachypithecus johnii
  T. cristatus group
  Javan lutung, Trachypithecus auratus
  Silvery lutung or silvered leaf monkey, Trachypithecus cristatus
  Germain's langur, Trachypithecus germaini
  Tenasserim lutung, Trachypithecus barbei
  T. obscurus group
  Dusky leaf monkey, Trachypithecus obscurus
  Phayre's leaf monkey, Trachypithecus phayrei
  T. pileatus group
  Capped langur, Trachypithecus pileatus
  Shortridge's langur, Trachypithecus shortridgei
  Gee's golden langur, Trachypithecus geei
  T. francoisi group
  Francois' langur, Trachypithecus francoisi
  Hatinh langur, Trachypithecus hatinhensis
  White-headed langur, Trachypithecus poliocephalus
  Laotian langur, Trachypithecus laotum
  Delacour's langur, Trachypithecus delacouri
  Indochinese black langur, Trachypithecus ebenus
  Since then, the T. vetulus group (the purple-faced langur and the Nilgiri langur) have been moved the genus Semnopithecus based on DNA and other evidence.
  In 2008, Roos, et al described the Malay Peninsula form of the silvery lutung as a separate subspecies and subsequently it has been elevated to a separate species within the T. cristatus group as the Selangor silvered langur, T. selangorensis.  Roos, et al also elevated the West Javan Langur, Trachypithecus mauritius, and  Annamese Langur, Trachypithecus margarita, to species status (formerly subspecies of T. auratus and T. germaini, respectively).  
  This leaves the current understanding of the genus Trachypithecus to be:
  Genus Trachypithecus 
  T. cristatus group
  East Javan langur, Trachypithecus auratus
  West Javan Langur, Trachypithecus mauritius
  Silvery lutung or silvered leaf monkey, Trachypithecus cristatus
  Selangor silvered langur, T. selangorensis
  Germain's langur, Trachypithecus germaini
  Annamese Langur, Trachypithecus margarita
  Tenasserim lutung, Trachypithecus barbei
  T. obscurus group
  Dusky leaf monkey, Trachypithecus obscurus
  Phayre's leaf monkey, Trachypithecus phayrei
  T. pileatus group
  Capped langur, Trachypithecus pileatus
  Shortridge's langur, Trachypithecus shortridgei
  Gee's golden langur, Trachypithecus geei
  T. francoisi group
  Francois' langur, Trachypithecus francoisi
  Hatinh langur, Trachypithecus hatinhensis
  White-headed langur, Trachypithecus poliocephalus
  Laotian langur, Trachypithecus laotum
  Delacour's langur, Trachypithecus delacouri
  Indochinese black langur, Trachypithecus ebenus
caption: Lutung or Spectacled Leaf Monkey seen searching for leaves early in the morning in SK Taman Rakan, Kajang in Malaysia.
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