What is a douc?

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  1. A species of colobine Old World monkey, making up the genus Pygathrix
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Among Asian colobines are Borneo's proboscis monkey, the Chinese snub-nosed monkeys and langurs, such as the douc of South-east Asia.
The critically endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey was discovered in the 1980s, and the gray-shanked douc langur was discovered in just the last few years.
It will open Saturday on 29 hectares of land with 59 species of animals, including such rare ones as the okapi, Asiatic lion and Douc langur.
Snub-nosed monkeys are closely related to the douc and were formerly classified in the same genus.
To Cochin-China also belongs the douc, a very large species, remarkable for their coat of many colours.
Nearby, two douc langurs, with the porcelain faces of china dolls, white whiskers and scarlet calves, fought over food.

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