The rare Raffles’ banded langur is slowly bouncing back from the brink of extinction and its numbers are likely to double from 75 to more than 150 in the next 15 years, said experts.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The rare Raffles’ banded langur is slowly bouncing back from the brink of extinction and its numbers are likely to double from 75 to more than 150 in the next 15 years, said experts.
New research shows the population of Raffles’ Banded Langurs is projected to grow from 75 to over 150 in the next 15 years, and reach around 244 by 2071.
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