News — BRONX, N.Y. — February 6, 2025 — A silvered langur baby, with a striking orange-colored coat, is debuting at the Bronx Zoo as it kicks off 2025. The silvered langur baby, born in November 2024, can now be seen by guests in the JungleWorld exhibit.
The Bronx Zoo has one of the largest breeding groups of silvered langurs (Trachypithecus cristatus) in North America. There have been over 100 silvered langurs born at the Bronx Zoo since 1985 when JungleWorld opened. The Wildlife Conservation Society was instrumental in establishing the silvered langur program in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) network and continues to lead the management and sustainability of the population through a long-term and very successful breeding program.
Silvered langurs are native to a variety of forest habitats in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. As folivores, up to 80 percent of the langur’s diet consists of leaves. The adults are dark gray with silvery tips on the hairs that give a silvered-gray appearance. Infants are born with orange coats and over the course of three to five months, the infant gradually changes to the silvery gray color of the adults.
Silvered langurs are listed as “Vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with a decreasing population trend, primarily due to habitat loss. There are approximately 50 silvered langurs in the AZA population, held at only four AZA facilities.
The Bronx Zoo will be open during New York’s winter recess February 17-21, and guests can visit and see the new langur at the Bronx Zoo’s JungleWorld exhibit.
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The Bronx Zoo, located on 265 acres of hardwood forest in Bronx, NY, opened on Nov. 8, 1899. It is world-renowned for its leadership in the areas of animal welfare, husbandry, veterinary care, education, science and conservation. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is the flagship park of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) which manages the world’s largest network of urban wildlife parks including the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and New York Aquarium. Our curators and animal care staff work to save, propagate, and sustain populations of threatened and endangered species. We have educated and inspired more than 400 million visitors at our zoos and aquarium since our opening and host approximately 4 million guests at our parks each year – including about a half-million students annually. The Bronx Zoo is the largest youth employer in the borough of the Bronx, providing opportunity and helping to transform lives in one of the most under-served communities in the nation. The Bronx Zoo is the subject of THE ZOO, a docu-series aired world-wide on Animal Planet.
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