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The Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus
poliocephalus poliocephalus), previously known as Golden-headed
langur, is endemic to the
island of Cat Ba in Northern Vietnam. By the year 2000,
poaching had reduced
this species to only 53 individuals in several isolated
sub-populations and the Cat Ba langur became listed by the
IUCN, the World Conservation Union, as one of the
World’s most endangered
primate species.
Towards the end of 2000, the Zoological Society for the
Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP)
and Münster Zoo (Germany) formed a cooperative
partnership with Vietnamese conservation agencies, and the
“Cat Ba Langur Conservation Project” was
initiated.
Since then, langur poaching has been brought under control and
in 2003, for the first time in decades, the population of the
Cat Ba Langur increased.
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The ‘Cat Ba Langur
Conservation Project’ is operated by the Zoological Society
for the Conservation of Species and Populations, and Münster
Zoo, Germany
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