The white-headed langur, characterized by the white hair on their heads, is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to China.
They are often spotted in the 200-square km karst hills between the Zuojiang and Mingjiang rivers in the city of Chongzuo, south China’s Guangxi.
In the 1980s, the population of the species dropped to some 300 due to decades of deforestation, land reclamation and poaching.
To rescue the endangered primate species, in 2005, a regional-level nature reserve to protect the rare langurs was established in Chongzuo, and later it was upgraded into a national reserve.
Through the past decade, the forest coverage of the reserve has risen from 70 percent to 86 percent. Currently, the population of the species has increased to over 1,300. #GLOBALink
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