As with many other colobine monkey species, red-shanked douc langurs possess sacculated, roomy stomachs that branch out into four separate sections, all of which consist of bacteria for cellulose deconstruction and absorption. These sophisticated stomachs aim to make leaf digestion easier. Red-shanked douc langurs that live in captivity have slightly differing basic diets than their free-roaming wild counterparts. Red-shanked doucs that live in zoos feed on lots of fresh vegetables and herbs, but they also eat primate biscuits -- ones that are made specifically for monkeys that eat large amounts of foliage.
By using the site, you agree to the uses of cookies and other technology as outlined in our Policy, and to our Terms of Use. About Red-Shanked Douc Langurs These gray-bodied monkeys follow diurnal living patterns and are usually out and about during the daytime. Red-Shanked Douc Langur Diet Red-shanked douc langurs are folivores; they consume almost exclusively foliage. Red-Shanked Douc Langur Stomach As with many other colobine monkey species, red-shanked douc langurs possess sacculated, roomy stomachs that branch out into four separate sections, all of which consist of bacteria for cellulose deconstruction and absorption.
Food in Captivity Red-shanked douc langurs that live in captivity have slightly differing basic diets than their free-roaming wild counterparts. The consuming of dung is known as coprophagy and this behaviour can be seen throughout the animal kingdom.
Nature is indeed amusing. Recent Blog Posts. Resplendent Ceylon Our Food Philosophy. Archives Follow Us On resplendentceylon ceylonteatrails wildcoastlodge capeweligama. By submitting your information, you are opting in for marketing promotional content from the hotel. Of course they eat the foliage and buds of many other trees too but I need to do much langur-watching and get the trees and bushes they feed on identified beyond all suspicion of mistake before I can give a fuller list.
I will tell you why I am keen on getting the trees that I think I know identified beyond the limitations of my knowledge. In this column I reported the partiality of langur for the white flowers of the ldquo;udimarardquo; which tree I identified as a species of Dolichandrone; subsequently having further opportunity to study the tree in flower and fruit I felt that it was no Dolichandrone but the related Radermachera Xylocarpa.
Last summer I was able to get the tree identified by an expert taxonomist to whom I sent the flowers and fruits and he has confirmed its identity as Radermachera Xylocarpa. However from further observation I can vouch for the accuracy of what I had reported earlier about the monkeys eating these flowers with avid gusto only after the inflorescences are about 10 days old; the fresh flowers are not eaten. Apparently when first formed the flowers contain some disagreeable or harmful principle that is eliminated in a few days — tender bamboo and grass sprouts contain such principles.
Do langurs eat grass? So far as I know they do not but I have often seen them searching for something on the ground and eating it maybe some succulent herb or even some tuber lying close to the surface of the ground. They do eat bamboo buds and young shoots. Some of the trees whose leaves twigs and flowers they eat belong to the Malvales the group of families allied to the family of the bendi and the hibiscus. The truth is that we still know very little about the feeding habits of wild langur — the study of captive specimens is of no use.
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